Birds
Why travelling can teach you a lot about the markets. We were halfway to London when the captain gave an update from the flightdeck....
Christian Armbruester
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Casino
Why we all need Justin Bieber to help us beat the markets. Everybody thinks they are better than average. Why else try anything? So, it...
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Christian Armbruester
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Money
Why it’s a rich man’s world. Money, it’s a drag. That’s what Pink Floyd told us, so it must be true. We want money, we need money, and we...
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Christian Armbruester
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Thinking
Why we should always prepare for the worst when it comes to making decisions. Clearly, we all have regrets. The words we wish we hadn’t...
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Christian Armbruester
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Football, Cappuccinos and Riots
Why the rage of the global protests is within all of us. It was a beautiful sunny morning and like every Saturday, I took my son to play...
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Christian Armbruester
- Dec 16, 2019
- 2 min
Stehaufmännchen
In a former life, I was seeking ways to relieve stress from work and improve my fitness, so a friend recommended I give kick-boxing a...
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Christian Armbruester
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
Unbeaten
We were top of the table with a full haul of points and it wasn’t even close. It was 1982, we were all but 12 years old and the title of...
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Christian Armbruester
- Oct 28, 2019
- 2 min
On-Piste
We have written several posts on investment themes recently, much to do with all the many happenings in the financial markets and...
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Christian Armbruester
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
Dumbing Down
Watching what is going on in the world today, I am reminded of the movie Idiocracy (2006) and its foreboding glimpse into our future...
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Christian Armbruester
- Sep 17, 2018
- 3 min
And Then There Was You
When something bad happens, it is seldomly treated as a blessing at the time. And so, our story begins in the very nucleus of the worst...
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Christian Armbruester
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Living on Autopilot
If there is one statistic that I can’t get out of my head, it is that as much as 99% of human action is run by the subconscious. This...
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Dominik von Eynern
- Jun 4, 2018
- 2 min
Family Wealth: Part 2 - The View From The 4th Generation
“We do things the way we do them, because we have always done them this way”, may very well be the most expensive words in the history of...
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Christian Armbruester
- May 14, 2018
- 3 min
Family Wealth: Part 1 - The Holy Trinity
Everyone knows the statistics: the first generation builds it, the second generation manages it, and the third generation loses it. In...
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Dominik von Eynern
- Dec 18, 2017
- 2 min
The Entitled Generation
As part of our series of highlighting the main behavioural risks, we start with (1) The Entitled Generation. Please see our previous blog...
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Dominik von Eynern
- Sep 20, 2017
- 2 min
An Introduction to Behavioural Risks
Let's assume your world is perfect: you have got nothing to worry about and more money than you can spend. What would you do then? Would...
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