Stuart Kirk

Friday, 23 February, 2024

Friday, 9 February, 2024

Skin in the GameGrowth investing

S&P exceptionalism versus ‘expensiveism’

My retirement depends on which belief dominates

Saturday, 27 January, 2024

Corporate governance

We are all hypocrites on corporate governance

Sound management and controls don’t improve returns — far from it

Friday, 19 January, 2024

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Should investors care about geopolitics?

Everyone at Davos thinks so — they are half right

Friday, 12 January, 2024

Skin in the GameSovereign bonds

Could inflation turn from a problem to a solution?

I bloody well hope not, although my portfolio is ready

Saturday, 6 January, 2024

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

My new year resolution is bitcoin

Yes I know the dangers, but I’m having some anyway

Friday, 22 December, 2023

Markets

The festive case for faith-based investing

Underestimating the power of belief has led me to make some terrible financial and economic calls

Friday, 15 December, 2023

Skin in the GameDemographics and population

What’s a good portfolio for an 80-year-old?

The benefits of long-term investing are not for everyone

Friday, 8 December, 2023

Skin in the GameInvestments

The best way to invest in gold

An insider secret for non-criminals

Friday, 1 December, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

How COP28 can help readers and itself

My six ideas for making climate investing more attractive

Friday, 24 November, 2023

Capital markets

Fear not — equity is far from cancelled

The angst over supposed ‘de-equitisation’ is misplaced

Friday, 17 November, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

A year of ups and downs . . . and ups

But my portfolio’s tax-free gains beat working for a living

Saturday, 11 November, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

I’m going to dip my fat fingers in oil

Having made one trading error already this month, I’m now buying energy stocks

Friday, 3 November, 2023

Skin in the GameUS Treasury bonds

Why I want me some transition risk

The truth is that high-emitting stocks outperform

Friday, 13 October, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Cash is for emergencies not portfolios

For me, the investment case doesn’t add up

Friday, 6 October, 2023

Personal Finance

Best of FT Money 2023: Trump is right on asset prices

Valuation is more an art than science

Saturday, 30 September, 2023

Inheritance

Inheritance tax debates overlook the psychology of the thing

These levies may be almost irrelevant to the economy, but they stir up strong feelings on mortality and family

Friday, 22 September, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

My performance is way better than most hedge funds

And that’s even after subtracting the cost of reading the FT

Friday, 15 September, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

Why investors needn’t worry about oil prices

Sometimes they matter, sometimes they don’t — the evidence doesn’t give us a clue

Friday, 8 September, 2023

Skin in the GameFund management

My portfolio is slimmer and not a needle in sight

Flow and survey data are tempting but resist them if you can

Friday, 1 September, 2023

Skin in the GameSovereign bonds

I’m a bond casualty but I won’t die

In fact the latest data screams ‘more fixed income!’

Friday, 18 August, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Investing in Japan: a triumph of hope over experience

Despite years of disappointment, I’m betting on Tokyo

Saturday, 5 August, 2023

ESG investing

Rebranding ESG won’t save it from its internal contradictions

The environmental, social and governance framework for investing is riven with inconsistencies

Friday, 28 July, 2023

Skin in the GameInvestments

Help me doctor, I’m selling the US and buying Asia

Wanting more risk means doing the opposite of what I’ve always been prescribed

Friday, 21 July, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

Double or quits: valuing Wall Street (part 2)

I wanted to buy US stocks but I’ve talked myself into selling

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