Recent Posts

We are now one-fifth of the way into what we have called The Asian Century - 20 years that went by rapidly. Let’s see how that has gone, and also consider the outlook. [read more]

For a number of years we highlighted the twin problems of debt and demographics, and the political risks if the politicians did not get to grips with their implications.

As debt levels increase to ever more giddy levels, the diversion of capital and payments of interest act like sucking oxygen out of the economy.
As populations age, consumer spending is more subdued and State commitments rise.
And lack of political leadership has allowed unelected central bankers to make it up as they go along, and a bad situation in 2007-2009 is now even worse. [read more]

Looking at the main asset classes it’s been a strong second half to 2019 for equity sectors, while bonds have been dull. This is a contrast to the end of 2018 when the majority of sector averages were negative.

UK Smaller Companies is the top performing sector, while just three sectors slip into negative territory for the last 6 months of 2019. Technology has continued to do well along with China, Asian and Emerging Markets while the US has started to flag by comparison. [read more]

This week we update the Dynamic UK All Companies Portfolio, which focusses on a single UK stock market sector – UK All Companies - the largest and most popular one. It has a superb track record. Here we review how the portfolio is made and its great performance numbers. [read more]

The January teleconference for Gold Members of FundExpert. [read more]