More than 6 years on from the financial crisis a number of central banks around the world attempted to steady the ship by printing money, or quantitative easing (QE) to...
July 2014 marked the turning point when the long awaited rally in the dollar finally arrived. The greenback then rallied around 10% against a basket of global currencies as shown below as shown in the chart below. That may sound a lot but if we put it into a...
While the simplest way to benefit from 80-20 Investor is to use our quant analysis to decide what to buy and sell in minutes, based on momentum, I also provide in depth...
Following last week's Autumn Statement I was asked by The Times newspaper for a comment on the implications for investors of the autumn statement property market measures, and the government's recent...
Investing is a long-term game and you shouldn't obsess about short term fluctuations. After all, that is the founding principle on which 80-20 Investor was built - Empowering to maximise...
Bond funds offer an alternative income source to equities. A bond is essentially a loan to a company and the terms of the bond, including the interest paid, are agreed at outset. As such, investors are exposed to credit risk i.e. that the bond issuer goes bust. However, corporate bond...
The Times newspaper asked me what are my top contrarian investment plays are right now, as part of a piece titled "The 10 best contrarian investments". Below, exclusively 80-20 investors, are...
Although momentum investing lies at the heart of the 80-20 Investor algorithm I'm always keen to look at and explore alternative strategies or tested conventional wisdom. One interesting anomaly that...
I was asked by The Times newspaper for my fund tips for medium risk investors. Below is an expanded version of my comments, available exclusively to 80-20 Investors. A medium-risk approach is...
What's happened? October is historically the most volatile month for investment markets but the latest sell-off looks more than the usual Autumn wobble. A perfect autumn storm continues to batter markets. Worries over the state of the European economy, a strong dollar, a sluggish China, geopolitical tensions, US economy appearing...
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