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To say 2020 was a crazy year in the financial markets is probably an understatement. It was a great year to prove that almost anything can and will happen in markets. Here are a few lessons I hope many learnt. If I told you there would be a global pa...

“I very frequently get the question: what’s going to change in the next ten years? And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question: what’s not going to change in the next ten years? And I submit to you...

“Abraham Lincoln once posed the question: “If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does it have?” and then answered his own query: “Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.” Abe would have felt lonely on Wall Street.” -Warren Buf...

The Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letter has always been a special event for this writer as I continue to be a devout follower of Warren Buffett. Warren is not shy to admit his mistakes, offer timeless wisdom on investing and remind us all ...

It is almost assured that at this point, given the strong equity market returns seen over the last few years, many investors will undoubtedly have a series of internal debates over when to sell. It would seem it is almost unarguable to suggest marke...

Last week Janet hiked. Yawn. This was much telegraphed and not much of shock. In fact, the aggregate change in the forward indicator on rate raises (the dot plot) barely moved and it still appears that we’ll see two more hikes this year with three to...

The Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letter has always been a special event for this writer as I continue to be a devout follower of Warren Buffett. Warren is not shy to admit his mistakes, offer timeless wisdom on investing and remind us all...

“The bottom line remains: forecasts and predictions are exercises in marketing. Outrageous and wrong forecasts are typically forgotten, and when one randomly happens to come true, the guru is lauded as the next Nostradamus.” - Barry Ritholtz, Bloomb...

“It’s so strange. Everything can be going along just great, and then one day, whack, you’re blindsided — a lousy, crammy blow you didn’t see coming.” - James Patterson One thing we have written about extensively is that a country or a company should ...

I took some time last week reading through the entire Speech from The Throne (“the Speech”) and the Reply to the Throne Speech (“the Reply”). There was actually a lot to like in both documents. What follows is not a political discussion but a brief e...