It’s tough being a contrarian these days. All the investments I used to write about, in the happy knowledge that I would be the only one tipping them, have come over all mainstream. Only three …
The dark secret behind Greenspan’s success
Category: Investments
Three stocks set to benefit from the biofuels boom
Our MoneyWeek Roundtable this week covers many of the usual subjects that occupy investors’ minds these days (how horrible a situation is the UK economy really in? Will there be a house price crash? Is inflation …
A cheap way to make money from China
A few years ago I wrote in this column that one of the best reasons to buy into Japan was because it was “the China play.” China’s new manufacturing plants needed both basic materials and …
Why the fall in metals prices is just a blip
What’s the difference between a boom and a bubble? The answer is a simple one. A market is showing signs of being in a bubble when prices reach levels that are entirely unjustified by the …
How to spot a bubble
With all the controversy about whether the metals and mining markets are in a bubble or not, have we perhaps forgotten what a real bubble looks like? Back in 2000, we bought stocks at insane …
A more important resource than oil
We had barely hit February this year when the mutterings about hosepipe bans began. The south of the UK is apparently in the middle of its driest period for decades, and as a result our …
How you can profit from fly-to-let property
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find an investment that would return you a regular 22% a year? And, given how much everyone likes investing in houses, wouldn’t it be even nicer if that …
Why it’s time to buy into growth stocks
Back in the happy days of the late 1990s, investors were not much interested in cash, they preferred promises. The more they heard about how companies were investing for future growth the happier they were, …
Should contrarian investors avoid commodities?
There is something of the teenager in most fund managers. Take their clothes. They mostly wear the same kind of suits, but some – to show their wacky individuality – wear red socks or braces. …
Warren Buffett isn’t buying American – should you?
Last week was an important one for the residents of Omaha. For most of the year this mediocre little town in Nebraska is of no interest to the rest of the world, but last week …