by Daniel Busman | Oct 4, 2024 | Investing, Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? The English playwright John Heywood famously said, “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.” This metaphor reminds us that creating something magnificent requires time, patience, and dedication. Just like Rome, your...
by Daniel Busman | Jul 17, 2024 | Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? Lifeboat drills are performed on boats to familiarise the crew and passengers both practically and physiologically on what to do if there is an emergency. Importantly, they are conducted in port before the ship sets sail, not in the eye of the...
by Daniel Busman | Jul 17, 2024 | Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? A “Bag of Spanners” is a British term defined by the Urban Dictionary as: “A product, device or service that appears to work, but when you look deeper turns out to be a collection of badly thought out and badly implemented ideas that is going...
by Daniel Busman | Jul 17, 2024 | Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? Every year there are ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in the world of investing. This applies to individual companies, regions, industry sectors, and the stock markets of different countries. The chart below shows 20 years of annual returns in 22...
by Daniel Busman | Jul 7, 2024 | Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? The relentless rise of stock markets is matched only by the equally relentless flow of negative news events that often create stock market volatility. The high frequency of these events, and the needless fear they create, are enough to deter...
by Daniel Busman | Jul 6, 2024 | Investing, Weekly Wisdom
What should you know? In the short term stock markets often appear random and erratic, especially during times of global uncertainty. Sentiment can change from positive to negative, and back again, on a weekly or daily basis without any clear trend or pattern. It...
