Financial Knowledge Resources
An adventure in biotech venture capital
We’ve blogged already about looking inside funds and having looked at some mainstream funds like Fundsmith and Tech funds,
How to cook up a storm and bankrupt a hedge fund
From the lockdown baking book of finance… Forget the lockdown sourdough baking challenge that has trended over the last
Diversity: is bias baked into your boardroom?
Last month, we blogged about the importance of avoiding cognitive biases in investment decisions. Such biases can also be dangerous
Visionary carmaker Iacocca offers vital management lessons for today
I recently read a 1985 copy of ‘Iacocca: an autobiography’ and was surprised to find many crucial and timely lessons
Volatile year puts investors at high risk of emotional errors
Extreme market volatility is underlining the importance to investors of staying disciplined and avoiding damaging emotional mistakes. Stock markets have
The sad waste of bright talent due to poor data visualisation skills
With data volumes growing 50 times in the last decade, using visualisation to present information effectively has become a critical
Under the bonnet of a fund
New Excel tools help investors see true value of funds Spreadsheet data extraction enables better fund holdings analysis – what
Is statistical ignorance choking us?
The Covid-19 pandemic has made it brutally clear that politicians struggle to understand simple statistics. But they are not alone
Creditors must guard against a wave of dirty tricks in the pandemic
Investors and lenders risk being caught out by a wave of corporate dirty tricks as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to
How to avoid the Covid bear-trap of bad debt
Act-1 of the COVID crisis drew to a close with the end of lockdown and the start of "back to
Don’t get burned by zero-based budgeting
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across global economies, companies are cutting costs ruthlessly to survive. But it can be
Snow Camp Charity
We have been involved with raising money for Snow-Camp for 5 years now and it’s a chance to give back
Confessions of a private investor
I have been managing my own money for over 15 years: in 2000, I gave up the safety of a
My portfolio: you win some you lose some
Last time I blogged I talked about my top down approach to asset allocation and how I used the Salty