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The ascent to new peaks in stock markets ignites a potent mix of excitement and caution among investors

What risk-free, inflation-protected, after-tax return would you be willing to accept on the totality of your wealth for the rest of your life in order to completely and forever forgo any other investment opportunity?

One of the most valuable pieces of trading advice I ever received was during the early days of my finance career in Hong Kong…

Exactly a year ago I wrote about how indicators were lining up for a positive equity market performance this year, contrary to the pervasive bearishness that economists and investors were forecasting

Despite a steady stream of negative newsflow, and despite a weak August, a further -5 per cent fall in September, and a -3 per cent drop in October, equity markets have so far stayed relatively calm, at the worst point giving back half of the year to date gains

To put it mildly, I have not been a fan of illiquid investments

“I want half of the money!”

It seems like every other article recently has been on Artificial Intelligence. Even non-investment magazines are featuring front-cover articles on AI. It’s enough to make every contrarian investor’s hair stand on end

During HBO’s acclaimed series Succession’s first season, I was discussing the show with a friend over dinner, and they marvelled at how the patriarch of the family…

‘Leo, what do you think of this CoCo?’
Like clockwork, every few weeks for the last decade one of our clients would forward an email…