Mellon on the Markets: On the road again
Well, I’m on the road again. This time, I’m travelling around the US, in part researching for the new book,…
7 years ago
Economics & Markets
What does the decline in correlations among asset classes mean?
One of the worst enemies of a serious long-term investor is a high level of correlation. The main reason for…
7 years ago
Hopes and fears for 2017
James Faulkner interviews Chris Darbyshire, Chief Investment Officer at Seven Investment Management. James Faulkner: Hi Chris. Thanks for taking the…
7 years ago
Oil majors consider their future
A vertebra in the spinal column of the world economy is causing pain. As I write the price of Brent…
7 years ago
There is too much optimism in oil markets
While acknowledging the ‘Trump pump’ to the oil industry, I have always been sceptical about the long-term prospects for the…
7 years ago
Warning: Central banks to launch digital currencies…
The Illuminati are plotting… One of the themes I have returned to again and again over the last eighteen months…
7 years ago
Diversifying through sports betting
While an investor tries to maximise the expected returns of his portfolio, he always faces a formidable enemy – risk.…
7 years ago
The New Big Idea – the Universal Basic Income
Suddenly, the idea that all citizens should be paid a basic income by the state is becoming topical across the…
7 years ago
The risks are piling up in 2017
2017 has only just begun, but it is already filled with a long queue of risky upcoming events, of which…
7 years ago
America’s forthcoming trade wars with China – and Germany
The Year of the Fire Rooster My Chinese friends tell me that the auguries of the Chinese New Year are…
7 years ago