Investing

Volatility, for lack of a better word, is good

Gordon Gekko’s infamous “greed is good” speech has become an idiom. But have you ever listened properly? Not only does he have a point. He was right.

What last week’s chaos tells us about trading in 2026

Last week’s volatility hit everything at once — commodities, crypto, tech, and metals. But beneath the chaos, important signals are emerging. In this video, Nick Hubble and Sam Volkering break down what actually moved markets, whether this volatility is structural or temporary, and where the best opportunities for 2026 may now be forming.

Three reasons why bias matters in investing

Most investing mistakes aren’t caused by bad ideas — they’re caused by bias, emotion, and poor decision-making under pressure. This article breaks down how behavioural finance quietly sabotages investors, and how recognising those biases can lead to better long-term outcomes.

It’s time for investors to believe in six impossible risks before breakfast

Stock market crashes happen. But what investors should really fear is a risk they don’t see coming. Sometimes, they don’t even know it exists.

We are the weakest link, goodbye Japan

Financial crises rarely cause a panic where they begin. Instead, someone else entirely goes belly up. Usually they’re in another hemisphere altogether.

Investing isn’t gambling, but…

Losses are capped at zero. Gains aren’t. That imbalance creates one of the most powerful advantages in investing.

Investing’s law of relativity: the oscillation of everything

Investment assets oscillate. Buy what’s underperformed, avoid what’s crowded, and let the laws of physics do the rest.

It’s small, uncomfortable and can be obscenely profitable

Most investors chase the same crowded trades. The real money is made much earlier — in small, uncomfortable companies tied to long-cycle technologies before they go mainstream.

Four academic theories that turn investors into billionaires

Investment strategies based on academic theories have a miserable reputation. Sometimes they even blow up financial markets. But what if you combine them?

How to invest in the 2026 critical and rare earth metals melt-up

Australia holds the world’s critical metals. China controls the processing. The US needs both — now. A quiet diplomatic exit may be signalling a coming supply shock that investors haven’t priced in yet.

What I Learned Making Millions From Scratch

I’ve made and lost millions more than once — starting from zero each time. This essay strips away theory and “millionaire habit” myths to focus on what experience actually taught me about vision, risk, people, and building durable wealth. It’s not a formula. It’s a framework shaped by mistakes, discipline, and long-term thinking.

10 Bad Habits Killing Your Portfolio

I’ve made every investing mistake you can imagine — oversized bets, emotional decisions, ignoring risk, and thinking I was smarter than the market. Losing money taught me what gains never could: success isn’t about brilliant picks, it’s about breaking bad habits. Here are the lessons that turned painful losses into a better investing process.

How I Lost $15 Million

A sudden win can be more dangerous than a slow loss. This piece explores why misunderstanding risk leads to poor decisions — and how investors can think more clearly when certainty is impossible.

Discover the true incentives and you can predict the outcome

Way back in 2011, Jim Rickards first laid out his long-term prediction: currency wars are followed by trade wars and then shooting wars between major powers.

2026, the year of shortage before excess

As we head into 2026, the AI boom is entering a new phase. Not excess, but shortage. From memory and storage to compute and power, critical AI infrastructure is running out, and supply won’t catch up for years. This is where the next wave of outsized returns will be made — before abundance finally arrives.

Bad Strategy

When leaders mistake short-term fixes for long-term strategy, the results are predictable: weaker markets, distorted prices, and growing costs for everyone else.

What a $0.60 Stock Taught Me About Fear

A $0.60 stock. No good news. And a move Wall Street couldn’t explain. Here’s what panic really looks like—and how investors who understand market mechanics profit from it.

It’s America for now, but not forever

While pessimism dominates the UK right now, a different picture emerges when you strip out the noise and think with pragmatic clarity — the kind my mother taught me. Yes, the UK is a great country and will be again. But when it comes to investing today, we’re standing in front of two lakes: one brimming with opportunity, the other nearly empty.

Banana Republic Prices

The US has become a banana republic without the bananas. The practical importance: shouldn’t its capital assets — its stocks and bonds, primarily — be marked down to banana republic levels?