Asking the Right Questions
Colombia, not too different from Ireland
While I have only been loosely following markets over the last three weeks, after all in the short term it is all just noise, my three weeks in Colombia have provided me with new perspectives and insights that I look forward to sharing on…
Be careful where you invest your love…
Valentine’s Day, a day for celebrating love, albeit slightly contrived and infiltrated by the reach of commercialisation that permeates all walks of life. They say love is the most powerful emotion of all, therefore it is no surprise that the word is used so…
US Fed Policy: A Much More ‘Gradual’ Path
Global equity markets sold off sharply last week, as weak economic data outweighed the recent positivity generated by the prospect of more easing from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB). Much of the focus was on the US, as…
“Declaring war on China’s currency? Ha Ha”….
Last week was another challenging week for mainland Chinese shares, with the Shanghai Composite Index of mainland shares falling -6.14%, bringing the decline in January to -22.65%. The index is now down -47.01% from the bubble high reached in June 2015. Efforts by the…
Shaping the world from the heights of Davos
The World Economic Forum took place last week in Davos, Europe’s highest altitude town. As ever the event carried a grandiose theme, with this year being the year of “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. For those who missed the event, they have shared the…
Choose your future now…
Choose your future. Choose a dream. Choose adventure. Choose new interests. Choose the freedom to travel, choose lying on a beach drinking a cold beer, white sand, turquoise waters, and soothing ocean waves. Choose sitting on your deck on balmy nights looking up at…
Empowerment: walking out on Tony Robbins’ Masterclass
On Friday I attended the Pendulum Summit, the “world’s leading business and self-empowerment summit”, according to www.pendulumsummit.com. There were a couple of interesting speakers in the first part of the day, the standout for me being Rasmus Ankersen, a performance and development coach who shared…
Interview Series: with Blackrock’s Adam Ryan
My latest endeavour to make the subject of financial markets and the economy more accessible to everyone is an interview series where I am intend to interview a range of fund managers, investment strategists and government officials, and to share these insights with you….
2016, we go again!
Well, we go again. Another year, new resolutions, new goals or perhaps for some a preference to just drift and lament what ‘they would do different, if they only had the time, or the money’. Whatever your current situation or perception of the world,…
Reflecting on another year gone by
With another year drawing to a close, I found myself reading some quotes on reflection over the weekend, as I thought about how quickly the years seem to be passing. Turning 34 in a few weeks, on January 3rd for anyone who wants to…
