What’s wrong with central banks?
One thing central banks fail to acknowledge is that their medicines are a kind of chemotherapy that, while attempting to…
9 years ago
Filipe R Costa
Japan Adopts Negative Interest Rates
When I woke up today I was shocked by the news that the BOJ had cut its benchmark rate to…
9 years ago
What can we expect from 2016?
As seen in the January edition of Master Investor Magazine. We’re now at the beginning of the year: a time…
9 years ago
Is now the time to buy European equities?
The ECB has kept its key rates and asset purchasing programme unchanged while Mario Draghi promised investors there’s more to…
9 years ago
Inequality: Causes and Solutions
The latest data published by Oxfam show a worrying increase in income inequality during just the last few years. Many…
9 years ago
As goes January, so goes the rest of the year…
There are many sayings in the financial markets regarding calendar effects. Some say “sell in May and go away”; others…
9 years ago
One commodity that doesn’t leave a bitter taste in the mouth…
“On a typical day, one billion people around the world eat chocolate” - in “A taste of the future”, KPMG…
9 years ago
Danmarks Nationalbank tightens policy… really?
Last week, The Danmarks Nationalbank increased its deposit rate by 10 basis points in a move towards policy normalisation, particularly…
9 years ago
Why investors should shun the FTSE 100
2015 was a particularly tough year for British equities. At the beginning of the second quarter everything was gaining traction…
9 years ago
Japan needs people, not archery!
We are now celebrating the third year of Abenomics in Japan. After being in a dormant state for more than…
9 years ago