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Issue 53; Japanese equities had a major peak in 1989 and have been sluggish ever since. That is brought home by comparing them to the world index. On that basis, Japanese equities have been lagging the world since 1988, making yet another relative low (red) last month. Yet, since 1970,

KLR was recommended in ByteTree Venture on 28 November 2023 at 809p. A year has passed, and with the price at 1542p, having collected 47.9p in dividends, the stock has returned 97% with an IRR of 93%. It was a fabulous opportunity. Keller Group The brokers’ consensus target price

Issue 52; The 2020/21 bull market in technology was followed by a spectacular bust the following year. Many stocks were propelled to unsustainable levels and have come back down to earth. The good ones have started to recover, such as Zoom (ZM), while the unlucky ones will fall by

The Final Frontier Just a few years ago, I was asked to review a space fund, and I wrote it off as ridiculous. Virgin Galactic (SPCE) was 10% of the portfolio, valued in the billions, with no sales. The shares dropped 99% but I believe Branson sold at a good

Issue 50; It has been an unusually quiet month at Venture as the market digests the major changes in the outlook following the Trump landslide victory. While there have been well-flagged moves in crypto and Tesla, markets have been surprisingly thin, especially in UK and European small and mid-caps. Don’

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