Impact Investing
Sunday, 19 April 2020 | 4:55 pm
Everything we do, our consumption, or work, our investments, our private, social and professional behavior, has an impact on everything else, whether we are aware of it or not. Every investor is already an impact investor, the question is whether they are consciously doing so in a responsible way or not. The microscopic impact investment
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Don’t Stand So Close To Me. (With apologies to Mr Gordon Sumner.)
Wednesday, 15 April 2020 | 8:26 am
This morning The wire The cases multiply It’s catching No escape now This thing could almost fly He’s shaking He’s coughing They look him up and down Where was this utter stranger He came from out of town. Don’t stand Don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me The city’s so quiet Only the
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The Outlook Under The Shadow of COVID 19
Wednesday, 08 April 2020 | 1:53 pm
The Outlook Under The Shadow of COVID 19 7 Apr 2020 How is 2020 different from 2008? 2008 was a US housing crisis distributed globally by the banking system. US housing was overvalued and over leveraged. The mortgages they supported had weak underwriting and credit standards. Banks from Europe and Asia had entered the
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COVID19 Investment Strategy Response. General non Specific.
Friday, 27 March 2020 | 8:29 am
Even assuming one had lots of cash to invest, its not easy. Liquid markets like equities and bonds are volatile and sentiment driven. There may be a quick recovery or another leg to the crisis. A more tractable approach is to seek structural instabilities. We seek opportunities in the shadow banking system, especially those parts
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COVID 19, Contagion, Economic Consequences and Risks. 2020 03.
Monday, 16 March 2020 | 6:15 am
Contagion At the time of writing, the COVID 19 pandemic is well underway. At the end of January, there were almost 12 thousand cases, mostly in China. Now, just two months later, there are over 150 thousand cases, with the highest growth rates outside China. After China, Europe has become the new focus of contagion.
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