Stock market
Why I’m boycotting ‘Davos in the Desert’
The current stock-market correction has been steaming down the track since August and I claim no wisdom for having predicted…
This crash is just a return to normality
It is easy to mock the most strident critics of capitalism, like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn. It’s harder to…
Back winners, dump losers: it’s commonsense investing
Small-cap fund manager Giles Hargreave offers Jonathan Davis his commonsense formula
London Stock Exchange picked the wrong year for a pan-European merger
The marriage of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse may not be stone dead but that’s the way to…
No one can tip winners every time, but at Spectator Money we bring you true voices of experience
Politics and markets deliver surprises, but fundamental value endures
Two techniques to beat the market
If Mr Spock had been an investor, says Tim Price, he would have been a ‘systematic trend-follower’
They’ve got the power: six strong prospects for energy investors
Our veteran investor searches for winners in the fast-changing landscape of energy
Everyone can spot a investment bubble... the only mystery is when it will burst
Charles P. Kindleberger’s Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
The Arm deal is definitely good for Softbank. For Britain? Not so much
It’s easy to see why Arm Holdings, the UK’s only global-scale internet technology company, looked worth a quick £24 billion bet…
That Brexit apocalypse? It just isn’t happening
There’s very little sign of the predicted post-Brexit economic crisis
Warning: the FTSE100 isn’t out of the woods just yet
When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…
Don’t believe the recession hype – or this commodities boom
All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…
Managing your own pension investments? Then look beyond today’s turmoil
Our veteran investor offers tips for Sipp holders in worrying times
If there’s a crash now, the markets will have done it to themselves
All this talk of a new financial apocalypse, so soon after the last one, is starting to annoy me. Partly…
Why British investors are wrong to panic about China
The western stock-market panic over China is excessive and irrational … so buy now
The bears are here to stay – but we’ll survive
Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks…
Charles Moore’s Notes: The demented accusations against Field Marshal Lord Bramall have at last been dropped
Many have rightly attacked the police for their handling of the demented accusations against Field Marshal Lord Bramall, now at…
Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown
Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…
A guide to investing in bombed-out stocks
Our veteran investor explains how to spot recovery signals in bombed-out smaller stocks
The good economic news that we forgot in the China panic
Home from the hot Aegean, huddled by the fire as rain ruins the bank holiday weekend, I’m thinking: what gloom…
Sorry, but I can’t join in the China panic (especially not while I’m on a cruise)
MS Queen Victoria, 38°N 19°E I’ll do my best, but I’ve got to be honest: being surrounded by shining Ionian…
Forget Greece: China's economic slowdown is the biggest story of the year
China’s long boom may finally be ending. The consequences for the world will be profound
This time we really are getting tough on dodgy bankers (just don’t expect it to reach the boardroom)
Fourteen years is a long stretch. The punishment imposed on former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes for his role…