Investing in the right place
by“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” – Aldous…
Risk
Cobden Partners on Radio 4
byThe Cobden Centre contributor and Cobden Partners founder Gordon Kerr was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Today yesterday talking about Kevin Dowd’s recent paper…
On not adding, but taking away
by“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” – Charlie…
Unsafe at any price
by“Everyone is bullish. Contrarians know that must be bearish. However, everyone has been bullish for a while, yet the S&P 500 rose to a…
On billionaire altruist lunatics..
byFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. – Aldous Huxley. There was once a time, perhaps, when unprecedented things happened…
Wanna Invest in a Cryptocurrency? How about LEOcoin?
byI am sometimes asked what investors should look for if they are thinking of investing in a cryptocurrency. My initial reaction is that I…
Greater fool theory
by“Mr Draghi announced this week that the ECB would not buy bonds yielding less than minus 0.2 percent..” – Ralph Atkins for the Financial…
The euro may be riskier than you think
byFinance ministers in the Eurozone appear to have had a free lesson in game theory from Professor Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister. At…
When?
by“We are all at a wonderful ball where the champagne sparkles in every glass and soft laughter falls upon the summer air. We know,…
Macro & Market Update
by[This piece can be seen at Sean’s blog here http://truesinews.com/2015/02/17/macro-market-update/] More than half a century ago, in his role as an advisor to the…