Markets Are Mostly Smooth – Until The Plunge

The real money is won or lost during brief periods of volatility but predicting the fault lines is not easy. Breaks in the Pattern are the vital signs for the markets. In the SCMP:  Markets are mostly a smooth ride…  Markets can be a little like the early days...

Markets that Never Sleep. Global connectivity.

Round-the-clock trading on a few big exchanges is inevitable – and Hong Kong could be a hub. in the SCMP : Markets that never sleep, download. The last month saw a surge of buying on our stock markets. The Shanghai Composite Index is creeping towards what the market...

Global debt is a problem we can no longer ignore

published in South China Morning Post ,4th November 2015 Global debt is a problem we can no longer ignore    We have managed to get through the shark tank of the month of October this year with nary a scratch – a month that often sees Black days, as the markets sell...

Politics of Prize-giving

Robert Mugabe has been disastrous for Zimbabwe. Awards such as the Confucius Peace Prize should go to local heroes who fight for the little guy. In the SCMP: Politics of Prize-giving Two little black boys lived over the hedge between our houses in the middle of...

Danger of deleveraging

From South China Morning Post, 2 October 2015.  20151002 Danger of deleveraging, 2 Oct, 2015   When the lights go on, the cockroaches scurry for the dark – and some of them get squashed. No one knows what is really going on in the dark recesses of a bull market...

A fine mess for VW

From South China Morning Post, 25 September 2015  20150925 A fine mess for VW, 25 Sept, 2015   His object all sublime, He will achieve in time, To let the punishment fit the crime; the punishment fit the crime And make each prisoner pent, unwillingly represent. A...