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Gold Is Not What You Think It Is
The term “gold bug” has been popularised in recent decades as a reference to ardent fans of gold investment. The almost imperceptible...
Peter Elston
Mar 1, 20193 min read
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Cryptocurrencies: the Ultimate Bubble
Remember cryptocurrencies? Actually, that is a little unfair as they are still popular and thus still have much further to fall. Bitcoin...
Peter Elston
Jun 1, 20184 min read
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Why Gold is a Poor Investment and Doesn't Always Hold its Value
What role should gold play in a portfolio? Should it be considered an investment, a store of value (money), or as insurance? "Although...
Peter Elston
Nov 1, 20154 min read
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Is Cash Really King?
On October 17 Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that “equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade,...
Peter Elston
Nov 1, 20084 min read
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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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