Monkey Darts Bulletins
The archive of all our previous articles, musings and bulletins
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...
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...
Dan Morehead: “This Crisis Is Accelerating Investment in Cryptocurrencies”
I’ve just watched a fascinating video that I wanted to send on to you. It’s an interview with Dan Morehead, who was very early into crypto, and now runs Pantera Capital, one of the biggest funds in cryptocurrencies In this discussion, Morehead talks about the economic...
No one expects this – which is exactly why you need to prepare for it
Fed boss Jay Powell is like a dangerous driver. Reckless... and hell-bent on accelerating, whatever the cost. Problem is, right now, he’s barely moving! And that’s frustrating for old Jay. Which is why he’s been frantically fiddling under the bonnet. Tinkering with...
Should you get a stem cell treatment to improve your hair, skin and hips?
The treatment only takes a few minutes. A smartly dressed concierge invites you into the examination room and you are invited to sit on a comfortable reclining chair. A clinician takes a needle and without fanfare, she takes a sample of cells from the fatty tissue for...
2020 could be another great year for gold
Robert was right when he said on Tuesday that stocks had a good year. Even despite the negative headwinds. Don’t forget, there was plenty of bad stuff going on in the year. The uncertainty hanging over the UK due to endless delays with Brexit for one. The...
3 Reasons to be optimistic about 2020
Last year was a pretty decent year for stocks, all told. The FTSE 100 was up about 12% over the year: the best performance in three years. The AIM market was up 8%. And I think that made it easier to find growth stocks. Several of the shares I wrote about last year...
A new twist in the trade war could spark the crash
According to JP Morgan analysts, the average private investor is doomed to fail. Why? Because he or she does everything wrong. They tend to jump on the ‘hot’ investments as they peak... And dump the out-of-favour assets as they bottom out. In other words, they tend to...
How to invest in a word of unknowns
There’s a whole lot of uncertainty in the markets right now. There always is, of course. No one can ever know for sure what will happen. We don’t know whether Boris Johnson will storm to victory today. Or whether Jeremy Corbyn has done enough to force a hung...
Why the next great biotech stock is…Fujifilm
Today's phone cameras have a series of features that help us to take memorable photographs. We have the zoom function. We have filters to keep us looking fresh. With HDR, we can take repeated exposures and then blend them into a single shot. The latest iPhones use...
Be prepared for a “storm of inflation”
“The President made you chairman of the Fed... You are deeply in his debt. He expects you to be loyal.” Those were the words of John Ehrlichman, Richard Nixon’s Chief Domestic Adviser. He was talking to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Chairman, Arthur Burns, in 1971....