Originally published January 2021. A few months ago I came up with a simple way to categorise companies and their shares based on their most important attributes. For me, those...
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Investor's Notebook
S&P 500 CAPE ratio says the US index is in an epic bubble
Following the crash of 2008/2009 the S&P 500 went on a record-breaking run, gaining around 400% over 11 years before peaking in early 2020. It then suffered a record-breaking...
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Lessons from the fall of a superstar fund manager
This article was originally published in autumn 2019. I’m sure you will know that well-known fund manager Neil Woodford has recently fallen very much out of favour with...
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My best and worst performing stocks through the pandemic (so far)
The world has been turned upside down by this pandemic, along with the prospects of many companies. Perhaps some of your own holdings have soared to unexpected highs, or...
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Learning from others’ investment mistakes
Summary Xaar is a relatively young and small leading-edge technology business which I bought in mid-2018It’s a good example of how excessive R&D in highly cyclical businesses...
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FTSE 100 vs S&P 500: One of them could be in a bubble
Since the market crash of 2008/2009, The FTSE 100 and S&P 500 have produced very different results. Some of this is down to fundamental factors such as differences in...