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Analysis

calendar_today December 2, 2025

location_on London, UK

How Markets Really React During Earnings Season

Earnings reports reveal more about investor psychology than company performance. People focus way too much on whether a company "beat" estimates and not enough on what the actual business trends look like.

The short-term price moves during earnings season often have nothing to do with long-term value. Smart investors use these emotional reactions as opportunities rather than signals.

Economics

calendar_today November 29, 2025

location_on London, UK

Currency Moves Tell Us About Global Economics

When currencies shift, it's usually because something fundamental is changing in how investors view different countries' economic prospects. These moves affect international investments and companies that do business globally.

Currency trends often signal economic policy changes before other indicators catch up. Worth watching if you have international exposure in your portfolio.

Technology

calendar_today November 26, 2025

location_on London, UK

Tech Innovation Keeps Reshaping Investment Landscape

Technology continues to create new industries while making others obsolete. The challenge for investors is figuring out which innovations have staying power and which are just hype.

The pace of change means yesterday's assumptions about business models might not hold tomorrow. Staying flexible and keeping an open mind becomes more important than sticking rigidly to traditional analysis.

Topic Collections

01

Understanding Human Nature in Markets

Behavioral finance keeps uncovering new ways that people mess up their investment decisions. Social media and algorithmic trading are creating new forms of herd behavior that didn't exist before.

Knowing about these biases doesn't magically fix them, but it might help you pause before making emotional decisions with your money.

02

Managing Risk in Practice

Risk management isn't just about math formulas - it's about dealing with uncertainty when you can't predict exactly what will go wrong. New risks like cyber attacks and climate change don't fit neatly into traditional models.

The goal isn't eliminating risk (impossible) but understanding what you're signing up for and preparing accordingly.

03

Global Economic Shifts

Globalization is evolving as political tensions, technology, and environmental concerns reshape how countries trade and invest with each other. Local events can have global consequences faster than ever before.

Deep Dives

Market Efficiency in the Age of Algorithms

The idea that markets efficiently process information is getting complicated by high-frequency trading and social media influence. Information spreads faster, but it's not always accurate information.

Retail investors now have access to tools that were once limited to professionals, but that doesn't necessarily make markets more rational. If anything, it's created new sources of volatility.

Traditional theories about how markets work need updating to account for algorithmic trading and behavioral factors that weren't considered in earlier models. The basics still apply, but the implementation is different.

Value Investing: Still Relevant?

The principles behind value investing - buying good companies at reasonable prices - haven't changed. But what constitutes "value" in a digital economy is more complicated than it used to be.

Price-to-book ratios don't tell you much about a software company's worth. Network effects and data assets don't show up on traditional balance sheets, but they drive real value.

Modern value investors need to adapt their toolkit while keeping the core philosophy. It's about finding undervalued assets, regardless of whether those assets are factories or algorithms.

Sustainable Investing Beyond the Buzzwords

ESG investing has moved beyond feel-good marketing into serious financial analysis. The challenge is separating companies that are genuinely changing their operations from those just updating their PR materials.

Sustainability factors can affect long-term returns, but the relationship isn't always straightforward. Different rating agencies use different methodologies, which can lead to conflicting assessments of the same company.

The regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly, with new reporting requirements and classification standards being implemented globally. Companies are still figuring out how to comply, and investors are learning how to interpret the data.