This is a good summary of my approach and thought process around managing multi-asset portfolios.

🚨 This 'trade war' will be over soon!. Why? Simple. Just follow the money. A substantial percentage of most US retailers' products, especially on the more affordable end, are sourced in China. Walmart is a great example, being the largest of them all and also sourcing a

BREAKING : US to slap UK with tariffs as soon as it figures out what they actually produce.

China, your turn.

🚨 Is Trump going to crash tech stocks?. Donald Trump's US administration just announced new trade tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico in an effort, in his mind, to reduce the country's trade deficit. Whether or not this can be achieved is a totally different question and I have

RT @trader_53: Kleiner Rant. Ich versuche Politik idR großräumig zu umfahren… zumal X ohnehin voll damit ist und es den führenden Persone….

What's the matter with these dictators. 📺 I remember a talkshow on German television a few months ago where the (then) co-leader of the Green party Ricarda Lang declared that "Germany must not become Hungary!". She obviously dislikes their current leadership under Viktor

Bond markets in trouble?. Bond markets have moved in unexpected ways over the last months and are increasingly putting pressure on governments that are forced to sell ever-increasing amounts of paper to fund budgets that are overly generous. In addition, the threat of a rebound

RT @boazweinstein: Opinion].Bloomberg Opinion.By Chris Hughes.January 13, 2024. It’s about time an investor like Boaz Weinstein tried to s….

More good news out of Lebanon. This week, the Lebanese parliament has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as Lebanon's new President, ending two years of a power vacuum. He received the vast majority of votes and is respected amongst Western leaders. His biggest job will be to

This does not look good!. I have encountered numerous situations in the past where certain financial assets indicated that trouble is brewing whilst the majority of investors just did not pay attention. Usually, bond markets are very good at spotting problems whereas equity

UK 10-year Gilts trading 150bps over Greek government bonds must be the ultimate embarrassment for the UK. They should have given back those marbles.

As has happened often in the past, the Dow rel to NASDAQ was a good leading indicator for the current market correction.

🚨Bitcoin underperforming Lebanon. Everybody these days is talking about Bitcoin and its recent performance. Nobody, however, is mentioning Lebanese Government bonds which handily outperformed Bitcoin over the last four weeks. Yes, you read this right!. Old world beats New

🚨 Two problem children in one. 1️⃣ China's economy has been on a rollercoaster for the last few years. 2️⃣ Global Private Equity is struggling to liquidate assets and return capital to investors. Put 1️⃣ and 2️⃣ together and you arrive at the intersection of private equity in

Whilst the Europeans are seemingly falling all over themselves to deploy troops to Ukraine, continue on their energy transition agenda and making sure the political status quo remains as untouched as constitutionally possible (and I am not even going into the usual European Trump

📈 Stock market concentration. You may have seen by now the latest charts, highlighting that US equity market concentration has reached a new high for the Top 10 stocks at almost 40%. Whilst this is still a relatively new phenomenon in the US, it is important to keep in mind

🐈‍⬛ This cat may not have nine lifes . It is obviously easy to mock Jaguar for their Bud Light moment last week. They really are a low-hanging target now. On the other hand, I believe they had not much to lose. Jaguar sales have been down big over the years; in the US, Jaguar car

Serious question: Why are gender issues discussed at a climate conference? #COP29 @elonmusk