How do we stop bushfires from spreading everywhere?

How do we stop bushfires from spreading everywhere?

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...
2020 could be another great year for gold

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

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

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...