November 2024
Investors need to know when to put down the phone
Smartphone alerts can promote what behaviourists call “overtrading”, shredding your returns – and your nerves.
May 2022
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
The West should guarantee Ukraine’s war bonds
Isolationists would say that guarantees could cost overburdened Western taxpayers too much. I would argue that the price of permitting a Russian victory is too dear for the West.
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March 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Get ready for the $US4.5trn takeover
The coronavirus is dispelling any doubts that ultimately the state, not business, is in charge. It can create money or pencil in future tax increases. Businesses cannot.
February 2020
- Opinion
- Investment banking
From vampire squid to Wall St scrapper: the humbling of Goldman Sachs
In the noughties, Goldman Sachs figured as the world’s most powerful investment bank. But that's all history.