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Investor’s Notebook

The latest thoughts from the buy side of real estate investment

Investor's Notebook

Roger Federer’s psychological game made him Wimbledon’s best male player – here’s the secret to his winning mindset

by Daniel Walker | Jul 15, 2024

Last month, eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer gave a commencement address to graduating students at Dartmouth University. During this speech, he used “tennis lessons” as metaphors for coping beyond university and moving on to a life that is less familiar. Although in his...

Investor's Notebook

What next for Hong Kong?

by Alan Dalgleish | Jul 22, 2022

Post-Covid, life has not yet reached the new normal, according to this writer. Some readers will know that I relocated from Hong Kong to the UK in early March. I have to say that...

Investor's Notebook

Confessions of a valuer, chapter 24

by Norman Harker | Jul 14, 2022

The end is nigh, prepare to meet thy doom. The last in a very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, in which Australian property legend Norman Harker...

Investor's Notebook

Happy birthday, America; now mind how you go

by Llewellyn King | Jul 5, 2022

Martin Walker, the gifted former Washington correspondent of The Guardian, used to start his speeches saying that the Fourth of July wasn’t a time for sorrow for him, as it was a...

Investor's Notebook

Europe’s energy hole

by John Dizard | Jun 30, 2022

Europe is highly vulnerable to Putin's gas blackmail. European leaders believe they are part of the rich world, with the power to determine their future. After they return from...

Investor's Notebook

Sustainable investing in sub-Saharan Africa

by Martin Schwarzburg | Jun 27, 2022

Harvesting the low-hanging fruit. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” (Haida proverb) Despite lofty sustainable development...

Golden Oldie

Tokyo’s ultra-luxury market

by Tetsuya Kaneko | Jun 22, 2022

It's gaining momentum and the future pipeline is likely to raise the top prices equivalent to those seen in Manhattan and London. Originally published June 14, 2022. Tokyo’s...

Golden Oldie

London coffee houses

by Chris Urwin | Jun 21, 2022

Where modern office work began Originally published March 2022. I love coffee. I love spending time in great cafes. So I have always been curious about the numerous plaques...