Why there is no way to passively manage our monies – there is only how much we pay for it. I find the whole debate about active versus...

Why patterns are not meant to be broken. The trend is your friend and we all know that. It simply means that until further notice,...

Being penny wise and pound stupid is a wonderful way of saying that the focus is wrong. Whereas we should be concerned about the big...

It is a little known fact that the so-called emerging markets now make up more than half of the world’s GDP. Whereas everyone seems to be...

Every crash is different. That’s why there is a crash. If everyone knew that markets would plummet, we would all prepare, and therefore...

Blu Family Office is delighted to announce the three year anniversary of The Blu Income Fund which launched on 1st November 2016. In the...

There are three levers to successful investment management. First, we have the risk management and no, this is not an exercise in...

Financial derivatives seem to have an image problem. The mere mention of the words: “forwards”, “calls” or “puts”, and many market...

The best advice I have ever been given when it comes to investing is “pretend you are in a dark alley, late at night and everyone is out...

As avid readers of this blog know, we absolutely despise so called “equity income” funds. It isn’t so much what they do, but how they are...

One of the most fascinating things about financial markets is there is always a price, as determined by simple supply and demand. Those...

In the world of investments and finance, time really is money. If you do nothing, then there is an opportunity cost, but if you can act...

The world of investments can be a daunting place. There is the fear that something will go wrong, or that someone is trying to rip you...

Will technology make the current relationship driven model obsolete? What we have witnessed in the last 40 years in the financial...

For those of us who like the financial markets for what they are, it is difficult to find true alternatives. We all know the story about...

When you think about it, protecting your assets and trying to make gains is no different than a boxer trying not to get hit and winning a...

Equities are an amazing asset class. Not only have the markets gone up for more than 100 years, but also the way we buy shares of...

We all know that being at the right place at the right time is what makes most great success stories. So too, as far as the world of...

Christian Armbruester, CIO, explains a component of our high risk strategy, 'Gamma'.

We meet a lot of people. It is one of the advantages of investing across a large universe of different strategies and, of course, being a...