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The Weekly Roundup is where you'll find our free Friday newsletter that rounds up what we've been up to during the week. But there's also a little bit extra.
What has been traded in any of the portfolios? Has ByteTrend thrown up any new trends to investigate? What are we seeing in the markets that pique our interest?
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Elephants Don’t Gallop
The Zulu Principle by the late Jim Slater was one of the first investment books I ever read, and it got me hooked. He embraced screening stocks for attractive features such as growth, value, relative strength, profitability, cash flow, and more. It was very readable. I have probably read 200
The Multi-Asset Investor: Q2 2024 Performance Review
In this piece, I will update performance data for the Soda (balanced) and Whisky Portfolios (large-cap equity), which were launched on 29 January 2016, to include Q2 2024. These portfolios sit in The Multi-Asset Investor, and with 8.5 years of performance, the records are starting to stand out.
The
How Undervalued Are UK Small-Caps?
The leading global value managers are highly focused on UK small-caps because they have been left behind. As a result, we have seen an abnormally high-level of takeover activity as foreign investors and private equity funds snap up once-in-a-lifetime bargains. The UK economy is far from strong but it’s
Bonds, Deficits, and Weird Shit
We have seen lower inflation, which has led to expectations for lower interest rates. There has already been a cut in Europe and Canada, yet there’s a problem, and given there are elections all around us, you have probably spotted it. No one who is planning to lead our
Merryn Talks Money
Merryn Somerset-Webb, the founder of Money Week in 2000, and along with her colleague, John Stepek, now work at Bloomberg. She has an excellent podcast, Merryn Talks Money, and last week I was their guest. I was joined by Alex Chartres from Ruffer, for their first live event to discuss