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Contrarian Investor: Is QE's future to infinity and beyond?

Central bank ammunition

  • UK
  • 04 May 2016
Contrarian Investor: Beware the negative buyback loop
Contrarian Investor: Beware the negative buyback loop

Buyback ETFs undershooting benchmark indices

  • UK
  • 25 April 2016
Contrarian: Where now for the four EM horsemen of the apocalypse?
Contrarian: Where now for the four EM horsemen of the apocalypse?

Until just a few months ago, emerging markets seemed doomed. The four horsemen of the EM apocalypse were supposed to be Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and everyone's least favourite demon - Russia.

  • Emerging markets
  • 11 April 2016
Contrarian: The big threats to active managers
Contrarian: The big threats to active managers

We journalistic types love to talk about disruption, but change is threatening.

  • UK
  • 06 April 2016
The Contrarian Investor: Osborne's clever (?) politics at work

Negative reaction to Budget

  • UK
  • 29 March 2016
Contrarian Investor: Learning to love stagnation
Contrarian Investor: Learning to love stagnation

'Fearing fear itself'

  • UK
  • 22 March 2016
The Contrarian Investor: A Margot Robbie guide to CLOs

We poor humble journalist types constantly struggle to explain complex stuff, but, every once in a while, someone or something comes along which brilliantly captures the inane opacity of global finance in a simple thought.

  • Global
  • 14 March 2016
Contrarian Investor: Slow puncture of a housing bubble
Contrarian Investor: Slow puncture of a housing bubble

I am in Sydney for a conference and as I write, all I can hear is the sound of drills and building site construction along the harbour side.

  • Property
  • 05 March 2016
The Contrarian Investor: The need for a quantitative fightback
The Contrarian Investor: The need for a quantitative fightback

I have been known to write the odd column for other publications, not least the pink one, where last weekend I was holding forth on the subject of smart beta and why retail investors in particular need to tread carefully.

  • UK
  • 29 February 2016
Contrarian Investor: Geopolitical misery in the hands of oil
Contrarian Investor: Geopolitical misery in the hands of oil

Where next for the oil price?

  • Global
  • 22 February 2016
Contrarian Investor: What value can we place on infrastructure funds?
Contrarian Investor: What value can we place on infrastructure funds?

NAVs not 'toppy'

  • Funds
  • 12 February 2016
The Contrarian Investor: A demographic story that never matters
The Contrarian Investor: A demographic story that never matters

Every year, almost like clockwork, the 'demography' argument pops up within the broader investment debate, writes David Stevenson.

  • Global
  • 04 February 2016
Contrarian Investor: The specialist risk illusion
Contrarian Investor: The specialist risk illusion

The bears are wrong

  • Economics
  • 01 February 2016
Contrarian Investor: What is the next nightmare for investors?
Contrarian Investor: What is the next nightmare for investors?

With the bears on a rampage, it is increasingly incumbent on those of us who regard ourselves as cautious optimists to get real about what could go wrong, writes David Stevenson.

  • Global
  • 25 January 2016
Contrarian Investor: The January effect - or not?

David Stevenson says 2016 could still be a rewarding year for investors, despite a turbulent start to the year for world markets.

  • Global
  • 15 January 2016
ETF boom and more wealth manager consolidation: The Contrarian's 2016 watchlist
ETF boom and more wealth manager consolidation: The Contrarian's 2016 watchlist

2016 is finally upon us and here is my watchlist of things to keep an eye on within the investment space this year.

  • Global
  • 11 January 2016
Contrarian: The changing face of value investing

As we fast approach Christmas, I want you to think about the suffering of investment contrarians.

  • UK
  • 14 December 2015
Contrarian: How can we engage the masses with investing?

Investment needs to be more 'fun'

  • UK
  • 30 November 2015
Contrarian: Time to ditch US equities?

I do not want to be awkward or deliberately contrarian but has anyone noticed US equities look expensive again?

  • US
  • 23 November 2015
Contrarian: Why transparency is not the answer to all our problems

The industry needs to agree a proper measure of value added by managers in the investment process, writes David Stevenson.

  • Funds
  • 18 November 2015
Contrarian: Three big challenges for alternative lending sector

Alternative finance becoming more mainstream

  • Alternatives
  • 11 November 2015
Contrarian: Time for wealth managers to ditch hedge funds?
Contrarian: Time for wealth managers to ditch hedge funds?

It is finally time to say adieu to listed hedge fund BlueCrest BlueTrend, which has just tabled proposals to wind up as its market cap has slumped below $100m.

  • Funds
  • 02 November 2015
Contrarian: QE - A lot harder to get out than in

Every once in a while I am forced, reluctantly, away from my ivory contrarian tower, and dumped on to the mean streets of middle Britain to talk to actual, real, living investors and their advisers.

  • Markets
  • 28 October 2015
Contrarian Investor: There are no riskless investments
Contrarian Investor: There are no riskless investments

It is fair to say it has become rather fashionable to criticise alternative assets. However, alternatives have been going from strength to strength in one part of the investment universe - the humble and ancient investment trust.

  • Economics
  • 23 October 2015
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