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Trading versus Investing
Think of buying equities for the long term as stepping onto an escalator. The name of the game is growth and we trust that things will go...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 7, 20193 min read
Trading versus Investing
Think of buying equities for the long term as stepping onto an escalator. The name of the game is growth and we trust that things will go...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 7, 20193 min read
An Off-Site, the Trade Settlement Process and The Twilight Zone
I once worked for a despot who exercised his power with excruciating cruelness. One particular episode is still very vivid in my mind...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 30, 20192 min read
An Off-Site, the Trade Settlement Process and The Twilight Zone
I once worked for a despot who exercised his power with excruciating cruelness. One particular episode is still very vivid in my mind...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Looking for Genius
I suppose we all think that by applying our mind and all that we have learned in years of study, we can add value when looking at the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 23, 20192 min read
Looking for Genius
I suppose we all think that by applying our mind and all that we have learned in years of study, we can add value when looking at the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 23, 20192 min read
The Currency Conundrum
I don’t like foreign exchange. It’s not that there is anything wrong with switching money from one currency to another, it is just the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 16, 20193 min read
The Currency Conundrum
I don’t like foreign exchange. It’s not that there is anything wrong with switching money from one currency to another, it is just the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 16, 20193 min read
Dumb and Dumber
More than $14 trillion of government bonds now have negative yields. That’s equivalent to one quarter of the entire global investment...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Dumb and Dumber
More than $14 trillion of government bonds now have negative yields. That’s equivalent to one quarter of the entire global investment...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Cash Management
Any portfolio of assets will invariably contain a cash position. You need some to pay the bills and you always need some in reserve,...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 2, 20192 min read
Cash Management
Any portfolio of assets will invariably contain a cash position. You need some to pay the bills and you always need some in reserve,...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 2, 20192 min read
Size Matters
Genius and folly are oftentimes very closely linked together. Both imply going against convention and yet they are measured by entirely...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Size Matters
Genius and folly are oftentimes very closely linked together. Both imply going against convention and yet they are measured by entirely...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Judgement Day
I recently came across an article in the FT, exploring the idea of artificial intelligence or so-called “machine learning”. Yes, amazing...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 19, 20192 min read
Judgement Day
I recently came across an article in the FT, exploring the idea of artificial intelligence or so-called “machine learning”. Yes, amazing...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 19, 20192 min read
Everything Good Comes in Three
There are three levers to successful investment management. First, we have the risk management and no, this is not an exercise in...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 12, 20193 min read
Everything Good Comes in Three
There are three levers to successful investment management. First, we have the risk management and no, this is not an exercise in...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 12, 20193 min read
Financial Derivatives
Financial derivatives seem to have an image problem. The mere mention of the words: “forwards”, “calls” or “puts”, and many market...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Financial Derivatives
Financial derivatives seem to have an image problem. The mere mention of the words: “forwards”, “calls” or “puts”, and many market...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 5, 20193 min read
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