GAS LEADS: Europe’s NatGas prices are +530% this year and US +130%, leading an energy boom with oil +60%, and the broad Bloomberg commodity index +33%. Commodities are in a rare...

CORPORATE DEBT HIGH: Company debt as a percentage of GDP is near 100% globally, as big as government debt (105%) levels, and well-above households (65%). This has important...

Nothing like a sip of cold beer in the crisp autumn Munich air. Oktoberfest, the festival synonymous with beer drinking and celebrating Bavarian culture, has been cancelled  for...

How do you reach your investment decisions? Your personal beliefs may impact your portfolio choices more than you realise. There are many factors that can influence our...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is set to meet for two consecutive days, September 21–22, at the end of which investors will have a better picture of the Fed’s plan for...

On August 10, the US Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill called the Invest in America Act. The bill passed with all 50 Democrats joined by 19 Republicans. The cost: one...

Equity markets generally performed well in 2021 as the global economy gradually reopened. In the first half of the year, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), which represents...

Being out-of-favour and heavily “shorted” are key characteristics of so-called meme stocks. But what does being “shorted” mean, how does the “squeeze” work, and how have...

Climate change – which can be defined as the rise in global temperatures accelerated by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather...

The prices of certificates for greenhouse gas emission rights have recently fallen slightly, but are still at historically high levels and are an important source of income for...