Monkey Darts Bulletins

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...

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...

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...

One of the shares that has been hit hardest during the stock market rout is Tesla. Peak to trough, the shares have fallen 60%. And many analysts are saying the worst has yet to come. Tesla has now closed operations at its two main car factories in the US. And if these...

More pain to come before we beat the bug Hi The good news is that, according to Bloomberg... “China could be just days away from declaring it has no new cases” of coronavirus. That’s if we believe State figures, of course. Since the start of the virus story, official...

In the last ten years, many in Britain have fallen foul of a dangerous new addiction: opioids. These painkillers – such as fentanyl and oxycotin – have become an increasingly important way to treat chronic pain. The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals,...

Each year the World Health Organisation updates the list of diseases that could cause pandemics. This list includes fevers like Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa; encephalitic viruses like MERS, SARS, and Nipah. It includes vector-borne diseases like Rift Valley fever, and...

We are nation of carnivores. Nine out of 10 British households regularly buy red meat. And most of us eat meat at least twice a week. I like to eat meat myself, especially steak, especially if it’s rare and drowned in garlic butter. Health allowing, red meat will...

We spend a lot of time in Monkey Darts talking about why it’s wise to own gold. Why? Because there’s a worrying perception among many investors that stock markets only ever go up. Even in the face of mounting threats to world economic growth and stability. In a world...

There goes another one. Malaysia’s central bank just cut interest rates. It follows hot on the heels of Turkey and South Africa, whose banks also cut rates earlier in the month. Panic stations Bankers are panicking that economic growth is slowing. And that inflation...

Over the last month, we’ve watched as devastating fires have spread across Eastern Australia: with 5 million hectares of land scorched by bushfires and yellow smog invading many major cites. The conditions for this crisis have been years in the making. Over the last...