Heightened geopolitical risk has become the new normal in our brave new world, one of the driving forces behind financial market volatility and sentiment. Paul Tudor Jones was on CNBC and is predicting a bleak future for the economy and stocks heading into 2024. One of the concerns highlighted by the famed billionaire money manager…
Back to school
Over the last couple of weeks, I have presented at several private meetings for investors and urged them to think outside the mainstream. No obligation and lengthy sales pitch. With each session triggering a flood of requests for additional meetings. Every traditional investor faces the same dilemma. Shoot for huge returns and you put way…
The market impact of war
War is a tragedy and the erupted war in Israel and Gaza is horrendously heart-breaking. While the economic aftershocks of open conflict between Israel and Palestine are already being felt, historical data shows that the markets generally handle these kinds of events reasonably well. It also depends on the severity and duration of the conflict. A…
Expect the Unexpected
Everyone wants a create content on TikTok account, generating an instant fortune but reality is a harder truth. Elsewhere, making a prediction on anything that moves in our show business is easy but in reality, the forces that drive financial market behavior are unpredictable and relationships between assets are fluid. The algorithms are selling because…
The importance of asset allocation
On a volatile global stage, asset allocation is an essential decision that investors will make on their journey of investing and growing their wealth. Asset allocation is a fundamental tool that aims to balance risk and reward by apportioning a portfolio’s asset classes according to an individual’s goals, risk tolerance, and investment horizon for long-term…