Tag: stocks
Why you should buy your employer’s shares
It is not hard to see why Jamie Dimon owns a lot of shares in JPMorgan Chase. He is the bank’s boss and...
Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?
For Chinese investors, the grass is almost always greener elsewhere. The country’s stockmarket chronically underperforms, meaning that local punters look to bourses in,...
In praise of complicated investing strategies
Occam’s Razor is a cornerstone of the social sciences, and for financial economists it is almost an article of faith. The principle is...
Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear
A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing
A fresh retail-trading frenzy is reshaping financial markets
Investors love an acronym. In recent months they have embraced the TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) trade. They once swooned over the FAANG...
Why 24/7 trading is a bad idea
Stock exchanges are the quaintest corners of modern finance. At other financial institutions, the typical trading floor features people in t-shirts sat at...
Don’t invest through the rearview mirror
Markets are supposed to look forward; plenty of investors look back instead
How to escape taxes on your stocks
An investor’s desire to minimise his dues is nothing new. “The avoidance of taxes”, said John Maynard Keynes, “is the only intellectual pursuit...
The dream scenario for prediction markets
If you could invent something to fulfill an economist’s dream, it would look an awful lot like a prediction market. A world where...
