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Trade in Whisky; I joined the asset management business in April 1998, a time when asset management stocks were riding high. The stockmarket was booming, and tracker or index funds were already well established but considered dull. For the asset managers, the money was made in active management, where the

Trade in Whisky; In this issue, I am going to look at the airline sector, where we are witnessing a post-pandemic travel boom that shows no signs of abating. Furthermore, the price of oil has stabilised, which is one of the most important factors for their profitability. Against that, we

Trade in Soda; Many of my recent recommendations in Soda have focused more on the discount to net asset value than the portfolio itself. Assuming the assets acquired are credible and diversified, the opportunity to purchase them at a price below their fair value is an opportunity too good to

In a quick turn of events, the S&P 500 just made an all-time high, driven by the large tech stocks, which have sprung back to life. Looking back five years, there’s the technology sector, and then there’s the rest of the market, which resembles the rest

The yield curve has been inverted since mid-2022, which is widely thought to forecast a recession. That means the 10-year yield is below the 2-year yield. Investors are willing to pay more for longer term debt because they believe economic weakness will lead to a fall in interest rates. If

Trade in Soda; The credit crisis was 15 years ago, and despite the economy marching on, the banks continued to jump from crisis to crisis. They’ve been accused of money laundering, price fixing and more. Worst of all was the reckless lending practices and poor risk management pre-2007. They