Published in InsiderFinance Wire·PinnedBefore you can thrive, you must first learn how to survive.My 3 basic rules of trading are, in descending order of priority, as follows: 1. Protect capital 2. Make money 3. Generate Alpha. Coming off the back of a portfolio gain of 36% in 2021, I was keen to stick to rule number one at the start of this year…Trading4 min read
May 28Humanity is staring into the Abyss.WARNING! SOME READERS MAY FIND THIS HEAVY DOSE OF REALISM DISTURBING. I just watched a video on YouTube showing the devastating effects of multiple thermobaric bombs being dropped on Ukraine. …Ukraine War3 min read
Published in InsiderFinance Wire·Apr 16How to invest like Buffett ‘on margin’.My 10 rules for successful trading-investing. Think, plan and invest like Warren Buffett. He’s in it for the long term and even though as a trader you are, or rather should be, taking regular profits from the market, your view on both the market in general and individual stocks in particular, should reflect his style of…Investing6 min read
Apr 10A very personal letter from Finland.M y mother was born on 30th November 1939, the day the Winter War started with Russia, a date that has since been etched deep into the Finnish psyche. She was born in Sortavala, Karelia, then part of Finland and now part of Russia. …Ukraine5 min read
Apr 9It’s a stock-picker’s market right now.All major averages declined for the week, with the S&P 500 closing down 1.27% and Nasdaq 3.86%. The Dow dipped 0.28% week-to-date, hitting back-to-back weekly declines. However, I’m up again for the second week in a row: It’s been a truly fascinating couple of weeks as I’ve watched the market…Stock Market4 min read
Published in InsiderFinance Wire·Apr 7Are we witnessing the beginnings of a great rotation in the stock market?Yesterday saw the second of a 2-day sell-off as fears of FED tightening and increasing interest rates grow, but is this just the start of a bull run in value stocks? A s usual, on Wednesday 6th of April I checked in on my portfolio to see what the pre-market…Portfolio Management3 min read
Apr 1Things are about to change.Such is human history that if you are fortunate enough to live to be ‘four score and ten’, and during your lifetime you are not witness, directly or indirectly, to disease, famine or war, you are indeed a very lucky person. As the philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote in Leviathan, life…Philosophy4 min read
Published in InsiderFinance Wire·Mar 31Dipping My Toes back in the Water.Despite the war in Ukraine, markets have rallied and are threatening to make new all-time highs again. This has many people puzzled. So what exactly is going on? Unlike most trader-investors, the first thing I look at in the mornings isn’t the S&P 500 stock index. Instead, I check the…Trading5 min read
Published in InsiderFinance Wire·Mar 16Why there’s no shame in going to cash in a continuously high volatility environment.“Hedge funds have dramatically scaled back their footprint in the US stock market as sharp swings have pummelled big money managers” The headline in this FT article. They are getting crushed in what has become a ‘nowhere to hide’ market. Let’s try to look in a little more detail as…Hedge Funds3 min read
Sep 6, 2021Denmark’s COVID response and lessons from the Nordics.Denmark has just become one of the first counties in the world to lift all covid restrictions within its own borders. According to an official government statement, it no longer considers Covid-19 “a socially critical disease in Denmark” Vaccination rates have now reached over 70%, cases are rising but hospitalisations…Covid 196 min read
