As dedicated systematic investors [1], we constantly strive to enhance our approach, ensuring it aligns optimally with our financial objectives. In recognition of the inherent unpredictability of short-term market movements, we resist the urge to time …
Taken at face value, there’s little to recommend 2020. For the most part it feels like a year we’d all like to move on from as quickly as possible. Along with the pandemic itself, we’re well aware of the economic struggles playing out at the moment, wi …
There are many situations in life in which we freely accept that the desired results will only come from an ongoing effort. One HIIT workout won’t turn us into Chris Hemsworth, a guitar hero is not made in a single lesson and a solitary Marie Kondo-sty …
These days it’s common for corporate email accounts to set a delay, putting a few seconds between hitting ‘send’ and the message leaving your outbox. It’s there to reduce the likelihood of missing attachments, and to avoid including the wrong recipient …
You have to feel a bit sorry for young adults heading off to university this Autumn. COVID-19 has certainly done its best to make life difficult for them. As well as having to complete their studies at home and endure lockdown, they’ve had to cope with …
Back in the 1960s and 1970s a range of short, humorous books performed particularly well. They were designed to help you survive sophisticated conversations at dinner parties with just enough detail to hold your own, without having to do any serious re …
If you’ve ever felt like you’re trying to do everything at once, or spreading yourself too thinly in your working life and personal life, you’re not alone. You can’t give your undivided attention to everything all the time. And according to this week’s …
It’s no exaggeration to say that the COVID-19 global pandemic has had a major impact on all our lives. It seems like almost overnight the way we live, work and think was turned on its head. And in ways we could never have believed possible just a year …
It’s a peculiarity of the phrase ‘risk and return’ that both concepts are expressed in the singular, rather than the plural. Perhaps if we called it ‘risks and returns’ we’d be more inclined to see things as they are. As a business owner, you deal with …
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his summer economic plan to help the UK economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a summary of the main points. SUMMER STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS A £1,000 Job Retention Bonus will be introduced …
A top-heavy stock market with the largest 10 stocks accounting for over 20% of market capitalization and a technology firm perched at No.1? This sounds like a description of the current US stock market, dominated by Apple and other tech stocks but it i …
‘Keep a clear head’ – it’s one of those instructions along with ‘stay calm’ that seems perfectly sensible and easy to achieve, until you’re in a situation that immediately requires it. If you run your own business then keeping a clear head won’t be new …
In the latest part of our series on insightful business books, we’re turning our attention to starting a business, something that hundreds of thousands of people in the UK do every year. But keeping that business running isn’t easy. According to figure …