Mark J Higgins

Retail investors should approach these increasingly accessible vehicles with a clear understanding of their true purpose and risks

Three principles and three excerpts from ‘Investing in US Financial History’

AFTER World War II, the portfolios of US institutional investment plans began growing rapidly. As at 2021, the total assets held by US public and private pensions alone exceeded US$30 trillion. Much l...

The volcano caused a year without summer – and drove many speculators to ruin

That a default may occur in the future is a risk that must be addressed. But a voluntary default is the financial equivalent of driving a car off a cliff 

Every bubble feels unique, but there are ways investors can protect themselves from the mania

Cryptocurrencies suffer from major and insoluble problems that make it doubtful they would ever supplant fiat currencies or be used as a peg for the value of a currency

Investors need to steel their nerves, rebalance their portfolios, and trust that they will be rewarded in the long term