Stoicism has seen rather a lot of interest in the last few years — maybe it’s the fallout of a period of financial and social uncertainty, but I think the rise of events like “Stoic Week” tell us something about our desire to find meaning. At the same time, most…
It’s official – that was a lousy week on the American stock markets. In fact, this past week was the worst first week of a new year for the Dow Jones average ever. What happened, and what does it mean? Are those storm clouds gathering? As is so often the…
If you’ve checked on the market news more than once in the last couple of months, you may have been a little confused. World stock markets tumbled one day, rallied strongly the next — and normally boring commentators excitedly offered conflicting explanations. Were markets worried that the Federal Reserve would…
It seems like at least once a year each of the main popular financial magazines and websites publish a list of “the seven things you need to know about your financial planner”, or “the ten questions you need to ask before you hire an investment advisor”. In light of the…
