Where's My Cycle?
An update on where I think we are in the business cycle with respect to growth, inflation and markets
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Peter Elston
Feb 3, 20237 min read
Setting A Bad Example
The effort to improve financial literacy in this country itself needs to be improved
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Peter Elston
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Auntie! No!
The PM should start with the BBC when it comes to improving maths standards
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Peter Elston
Jan 6, 20236 min read
Do Not Let Your Comfortable Retirement Slip Away
Now is the time for a truly bold asset allocation
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Peter Elston
Dec 14, 20226 min read
Doves In Hawk Clothing
When the time comes, will central banks prioritise employment or inflation?
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Peter Elston
Dec 2, 20228 min read
Vanguard Doubles Down
The passive fund behemoth refuses to consider possibility that inflation will remain high
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Peter Elston
Nov 25, 20225 min read
Inflation (Part 47)
Some thoughts on this most important of issues following participation in a Citywire debate
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Peter Elston
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Naughty Auntie
Irresponsible reporting about real wage growth by the BBC encourages public sector workers to strike
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Peter Elston
Nov 4, 20226 min read
Is Vanguard In Denial?
The manager of the huge passive balanced fund range is clearly conflicted
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Peter Elston
Oct 27, 20225 min read
Wealth Managers May Need A Complete Rethink
Persistent high inflation will make a mockery of balanced and risk rated funds
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Peter Elston
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Citywire: Wealth Managers May Need A Complete Rethink
My latest piece, published in Citywire, takes aim at balanced and risk-rated funds
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Peter Elston
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Risk Rated Funds Are Broken
We are now in an environment in which bonds are riskier than equities, spelling trouble for risk rated funds
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Peter Elston
Sep 28, 20223 min read
Carnage
If you enjoy reading this blog, please leave a star rating on WealthTender. Thank you! The ramifications of the big fall in Gilts will be...
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Peter Elston
Sep 1, 20226 min read
Time To Step Up
Until recently, central banks had been seen as heroes for the best part of four decades
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Peter Elston
Aug 30, 202210 min read
Stability. Complacency. Mistake. Repeat.
Central banks were ill prepared for covid but then several decades of disinflation had made them and many others complacent
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Peter Elston
Aug 26, 20224 min read
OK, But What Do The Patterns Actually Mean?
Patterns in financial markets relate to human behaviour, the business cycle, and longer inflation cycles
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Peter Elston
Aug 22, 20226 min read
A Statistical Appraisal Of Bond And Equity Behaviour
Bonds and equities exhibit fundamentally different patterns
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Peter Elston
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Schrödinger's Thermostat
Can the latest US jobs and inflation data suggest that the economy is heating up and cooling down at the same time?
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Peter Elston
Aug 8, 202213 min read
It's About Jobs, Stupid!
Will tighter monetary policy in the US induce a gentle easing in labour market pressures or something unpleasant?
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Peter Elston
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Where Are We In The Cycle?
A reminder about what empirical research tells us about business cycle phases and asset class returns
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Where's My Cycle?
An update on where I think we are in the business cycle with respect to growth, inflation and markets
Correlation or causation?
Data is too often presented in an unfair, unclear and misleading way
Dear John
Liontrust's John Husselbee's arguments in support of balanced funds are lame
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