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Summary of Investment

1. A lesson in portfolio tactics

   I’ve established a strategic investment style with which I’ve become very comfortable. Even the recent Market angst hasn’t fazed me. But the time came to rebalance my portfolio, and I’m here to report that I’ve learned something new about my tactical approach: there’s a right order for trades… and a wrong one.

   • 22^nd May 2010
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   • portfolio

2. Carbon as a Global asset class

   Growth in both the volume and stability of carbon as a traded asset class is essential to tackling climate change and poverty, but can a successful global system be implemented in time?

   • 21^st August 2009
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   • asset allocation
   • carbon trading
   • climate change

3. Capitalism is Boom and Bust

   Governments always promise to move away from the bad old days of boom and bust, but never seem to delivery. It made me wonder whether it’s actually a bad thing at all, or just systemic to our way of life.

   • 31^st July 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • capitalism
   • economics

4. When investing becomes a random punt

   What’s the difference between investing, trading, and gambling? If you think about it, it’s a very fine line, but on which side of the line are you?

   • 2^nd July 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • asset allocation
   • risk
   • strategy

5. What happens when interest rates rise?

   One thing I’ve learned is that crashes are an obvious result of excessive leverage: people borrowing money so that they can take foolish risks. Well the stock market and banking sector has seen things unwind, but it’s not finished yet.

   • 13^th June 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • credit crisis
   • economic recovery
   • mistakes

6. When to save your money

   Long term investing requires commitment to both the current holding and the regular addition of new cash. But when to raise, hold or fold?

   • 29^th April 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • asset allocation
   • learning
   • portfolio

7. A trade or an investment?

   Invest or trade, both have their place in a good strategy, but don’t get trapped in the middle.

   • 20^th April 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • learning
   • mistakes
   • strategy

8. Learning from the Credit Crisis

   I’ve been looking back on the effects of the Credit Crisis on my investments. I’m going to write a series of posts on this topic, but first a little background.

   • 14^th April 2009
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   • asset allocation
   • learning
   • strategy

9. Perceptions of risk

   Risk is central to everything we do and every decision we make. Do modern approaches to risk management attempt to be too scientific?

   • 30^th January 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • risk management
   • strategy

10. When the time is right

    I don’t try to time my trades: I’ve demonstrated on many occasions that the markets follow me: down as soon as I buy, and up the moment I sell. However timing is critical when investing, and I’m not talking about “Buy low, Sell high”.

    • 19^th January 2009
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    Tagged with:

    • bear market
    • portfolio

11. Agile investing?

    The thing I love most about well thought out concepts is how they can be applied across disciplines. Simplicity is as important in finance as it is in software engineering.

    • 12^th January 2009
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    Tagged with:

    • asset allocation
    • credit crisis
    • simplicity