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Contrarian trading for independent thinkers

With the rise of new asset classes there are now more places to seek out opportunities as well as beware the inevitable cycles of boom and bust… and boom again.

Our aim is to entertain, inform and ultimately help you to make more from your trading. 

Wild markets are great for silver

Wild markets are great for silver

Stock markets have put in some impressive gains over the last four months. So much so that I’ve recently started to question my own personal scepticism about the recovery. Tough time for bears It’s tough to keep proclaiming impending financial doom when all around...

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Biology is Eating the World

Biology is Eating the World

This week I read a report about a disturbing new project by the Chinese police. It seems that for the last three years, Chinese police have been engaged in a massive project to collect blood samples from thousands of men and boys in cities across the country. They...

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CARBON COLLAPSE AND THE BOOM IN ETHICAL INVESTING

CARBON COLLAPSE AND THE BOOM IN ETHICAL INVESTING

In the last three months, we’ve seen the biggest crash in carbon emissions since records began. No war, recession or previous pandemic has had such a dramatic impact as COVID-19 in just a few short months. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change shows...

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Mr Market hands out a timely reminder to rampant punters

Mr Market hands out a timely reminder to rampant punters

Wait… I thought the selling was over... that the Fed had our backs… But what’s this? Apparently, Mr Market’s not quite ready to be the one-way ticket investors want him to be. So, yesterday he reminded them who’s boss. An 1,861-point, 6.9% sell-off on the Dow...

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New Market Threat: US-China War to Intensify

New Market Threat: US-China War to Intensify

The biggest story for investors over the last two years was the US-China trade war. Two superpowers vying for supremacy, with knock-on effects rippling around the world. Still, markets shook it all off... and marched on up, as they had since the April 2009. Then the...

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The no.1 most important concept in investing

The no.1 most important concept in investing

I read a thought-provoking piece on risk this week. It was about how a terrible event changed one man’s outlook on life and how he thinks about risk. And it absolutely reinforced something I’ve always known to be true about investing. That is, that you need to...

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Why Warren Buffett Has Just Done A Massive U-Turn

Why Warren Buffett Has Just Done A Massive U-Turn

The legend of Warren Buffett is built on his ability to see what other investors miss. And to sit out on the hot assets other investors are clamouring over. Usually, he turns out to be right... even if people poke fun at him along the way. In the end days of the...

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Which stocks will survive this sector’s “darkest hour”?

Which stocks will survive this sector’s “darkest hour”?

When Richard Branson was asked how to become a millionaire, he retorted: ‘There’s really nothing to it. Start as a billionaire and then buy an airline.’ Investing in the “bottomless pit” And everybody’s favourite go-to quote machine on anything stock market related,...

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Why your blood could be the key to controlling the coronavirus

Why your blood could be the key to controlling the coronavirus

Some good news for you today. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been following some of the efforts to find a drug to treat the coronavirus, now being called Sars-CoV-2. And there has been some impressive progress (and potential investment opportunities too). 1. Vaccine...

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