Regular readers will know that I have soft spot for structured products. My sense is that these have moved from being lightly questionable products in the earlier part of this century to mainstream alternatives to the absolute returns/defensive funds space…. Continue reading →
It strikes me that one of the least reported stories here in the UK is the state of the trade union movement. Amongst City investors I think a consensus has emerged which suggests that they don’t really matter, except for… Continue reading →
My suspicion is that until fairly recently the ups and downs of the stock market were largely based on pure guess work – hopes and expectations. Frankly, none of us had any idea how bad things might get and what… Continue reading →
My latest addition to my funds trading list is one that I think can fairly be described as controversial. It is Doric Nimrod 3, ticker DNA 3. I’ve written before about the small fleet of listed aircraft funds, usually favouring… Continue reading →
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be adding two new funds to our Prudent 15 list, both in the broad infrastructure and utilities space. My next article will be on a fund that invests very broadly in the shares… Continue reading →
Infrastructure investing has gone absolutely mainstream over the last decade. When I first started writing about listed infrastructure funds in the Financial Times over a decade ago, there were just a handful of funds (including HICL and INPP) and yields… Continue reading →
A (grim) tale told today in three related charts. The first is from the regular LINK Dividend monitor which tracks regular payouts by UK PLC. The headlines are below, with the accompanying chart mapping out the full horror of it… Continue reading →
I’m finishing off this week with the launch of a new funds trading list/portfolio. Its aimed at those investors looking for an alternative income but who also would like the chance of some decent capital gains, powered in part by… Continue reading →
An interesting observation or two today from Charlie Robertson, Chief Economist at Renaissance Capital. The first is based around the first chart below, which puts existing CoVid 19 deaths within a broader context for mortality data. According to Robertson, “If… Continue reading →
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