The Business Times

Allison Schrager

For the last 20 years or so, it was possible to do well in markets without taking risk management all that seriously. That won’t cut it anymore – unless you are willing to tolerate lots of volatility, or even years of low returns.
THE BOTTOM LINE

What if this time really is different for investors?

The focus should not be on trying to outsmart the market, but on managing risk

The real game-changer may have been the increased popularity of remote work
THE BOTTOM LINE

It’s a good time to be a working woman

The jobs market has undergone some big changes that favour women

Going mainstream has revealed Bitcoin's true value. Now it is just another asset class, about as exciting as a bond fund, but much more volatile and with far less ability to diversify its risk.

Crypto is going mainstream, which means it’s over

Two big things have happened in the crypto world this month: a public validation and a semi-private snub. Both of them bode...

The evidence is pretty weak that the Fed’s short-term rate interference has much influence on longer-term rates.

Three myths about the bond market

The era of declining interest rates may have come to an end, and many investors don’t seem to realise it 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 31: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 31, 2023 in New York City. Stocks on the major indexes opened up high amid the release of inflation data and Department of Labor’s jobs report. Both figures come weeks before the Federal Reserve holds their next interest-rate policy meeting. The gains have helped the major indexes cut their monthly losses. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Private equity won’t diversify your portfolio

Low interest rates can lead people to rationalise all sorts of bad ideas: investing in companies that will never make a profit,...

Absent a four-day week, more Americans appear to be choosing to downshift by deciding to work part-time, even if full-time work is available.

Less work is making people more unhappy

WORKERS are feeling burned out. So no wonder people got excited about a recent study from the UK claiming that companies that...

Sure, everybody knows that with higher expected returns comes the bigger risk of loss. But time and time again investors put this most basic rule to the test in a kind of bull-market delirium.

The one true secret to successful investing

There’s only one thing you really need to know about investing in 2023, and it’s both stunningly obvious and invariably forgotten: There’s...

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