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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Feb 26, 20205 min read
The Connection between Equity Market Performance and Coronavirus
This post look at the recent slide in the global equity markets, largely attributable to Coronavirus. However, this isn't the full story.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Feb 19, 202011 min read
ETFs and Passive Investing
This post is mainly about Exchange Traded Funds, or “ETFs”, which have ridden the coattails of the growth in passive investing.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Jan 29, 20204 min read
Coronavirus: Investors shrug it off as earnings releases accelerate
I recognise that this is being released, at least in Europe, closer to afternoon tea than morning coffee. But bear with me please! As of...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Jan 16, 20205 min read
Momentum investing: not all it's cracked up to be
As the US equity markets head further north, almost without pause, it compelled me to look at an investment strategy that is not new but...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Jan 2, 20203 min read
Bloomberg reports private equity "dry powder" at record high - not sure this is a good thing!
Having read this article from #Bloomberg this morning – “Private Equity is Starting 2020 With More Cash Than Ever Before” - on the amount...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Dec 30, 20192 min read
2019 was not just about equities
It is well known by now that the equity markets in the U.S. were the right place to be in 2019, with returns YtD of 21.7%, 27.1% and...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Dec 18, 20193 min read
High Yield - Really??
This Opinion article in Bloomberg entitled “What Does a Junk Bond Even Mean Anymore?” discusses the tightening of spreads across the US...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Dec 18, 20198 min read
Cannabis (and - as an aside - The Motley Fool) - UPDATE
February 11, 2021 I wrote the article below in mid-December 2019, but since pot stocks are the fad at the moment, I thought I would run...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
Dec 13, 20191 min read
You Didn't Need to be Smart to have Made Money Investing This Year!
Assuming the “phase one trade agreement” with China doesn’t fade today, the combination of the initial stages of what might turn out to...
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