We look at five key characteristics that have allowed businesses to achieve incredible success in the past – and will allow them to thrive for years to come. To listen to this article as an AI-generated podcast, click below. This recording was created in minutes using NotebookLM, an AI-assistant powered by Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro […]
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Fears about the adverse impact the Trump administration will have on the renewable energy sector in the US may be overstated. Key takeaways When assessing the impact that Donald Trump’s second term in office could have on the renewable energy sector, there are several key points, along with a few caveats, to bear in mind. […]
Peter Brend, third-generation director of family hotel business the Brend Collection, tells us why he still waits tables and how he is tackling the challenge of passing a business to his children. Apart from a stint as a fulltime athlete – becoming the sixth fastest 400-metre sprinter in the UK – Peter Brend has always […]
While the impact of DeepSeek’s innovative approach to AI is yet to be fully understood, highly concentrated markets had become vulnerable to a pullback. Stock markets suffered a sell-off on Monday 27 January as China’s DeepSeek claimed new advances in the field of artificial intelligence. DeepSeek says it has trained a generative AI chatbot at […]
CTRL Group Limited (Nasdaq: MCTR) CTRL Group Limited (Nasdaq: MCTR) is experiencing a positive trading session, with its shares currently up 5.5%. The rise came after the company’s shares opened at $4.21, just above the initial public offering (IPO) price of $4.00 per share. The stock began trading shortly before 11 a.m. ET on the […]
Incumbent leaders and governments are being ousted in elections the world over. 2024 saw one of the biggest global power shifts in recent history, with more people voting than ever before. In a year of elections across the globe, there was one common thread: change. Sitting parties on both the left and right got bulldozed […]
Asset Allocation Defined: Achieving a desired risk and return configuration by investing funds across different types of asset categories. 1. The Goal of Asset Allocation: To reduce uncertainty (minimize volatility risk) at the expense of a small portion of returns. Alternatively, it can be said: To enhance returns without increasing risk. What does it mean […]
What are the trading markets for U.S. stocks? U.S. stocks are traded on multiple exchanges, with the two most important being the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. In addition to these two major exchanges, there are other secondary exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) systems where investors can trade U.S. stocks. Here are some […]
“Can I achieve the same rate of return as Buffett?” A student once asked me this question. Over the past 50 years, Buffett’s annualized rate of return has been nearly 20%. If someone had invested 10,000 USD in Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, back then, it would have grown to 180 million USD today… How […]
More resilient portfolios are needed to tackle the challenges of rising bond yields and market concentration. In the middle of 2024, my mantra was “don’t overthink it”: positive nominal growth and interest rate cuts were supportive of equity markets, even against the backdrop of stretched valuations in the US. Moving into 2025, I maintain that […]