
In May I wrote a piece on the popular market adage, “Sell in May and go away.” The principle was cooked up after a study by the Stock Market Almanac into market timing. It researched when the best stock market performance is achieved. Their research showed ...
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You are on page 1 of 3Today we’re tackling perhaps the most fundamental question in investment. What’s going to happen next? I could embark on a truistic homily about how it’s not given to man to know his fate... how we must play the hand we’re dealt... or something along those lines. ...
The FTSE 100 has plunged from its highs last summer and could soon find itself in bear market territory again. Read on to discover how we at The Fleet Street Letter are preparing...
The 100 top UK companies as listed in the FTSE 100 index are in ...
Some time ago I sat down with our research team and, to put it frankly, opened up a big can of worms. "Investors are losing their shirts right now," I said. There were nods of approval all round the table. "The markets are in turmoil, and we haven’t even begun ...
The FTSE 100 is flirting with The Bear. But move away from the blue chips, and we see the mid caps of the FTSE 250 first entered it back in January (I'm defining a bear market as a 20% fall from the peak). The picture’s even worse if we look at ...
Officially, we’re in a bear market if the index falls more than 20% below its peak. Yesterday afternoon, the FTSE reached that point. It closed a little higher, meaning the bear market hasn’t officially started yet. But it’s only a matter of time... So this ...
Picking stocks can be an overwhelming affair... there’s just so many ways to skin this cat. You can let fundamentals be your guide... weighing up profits to losses and assets to liabilities. Done properly, this produces a detailed picture view of a firm’s ...
On Tuesday I wrote that homeownership could be the worst financial move a new buyer ever makes. I also argued that investing in shares — the right shares, mind — is a good way to protect and grow your wealth right now. My article drew the following response ...
It was the biggest one-day fall since the collapse of Bear Stearns in March. Yesterday the FTSE 100 tumbled 2.6%. It’s hardly surprising. There was a lot of bad news flying about. Our manufacturing sector has contracted for two months in a row now. There was ...
When is a Black Swan not a Black Swan? When the "perfect storm of highly improbable events" happens all the time.
Nicholas Nassim Taleb coined the term Black Swan to explain how massive unforeseen events have the greatest impact on markets. But only the most ...
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