Do it and do it fast The starting gun has fired in the US elections with the first Republican primary debates last night. Here’s a guess at how things roll out from here: The US election is next year. Very hard to win if unemployment is rising and inflation is high The job must be

Passive investment My new favourite account on Twitter is StripMallGuy. He buys and sells small shopping centres in New York. If you are interested in commercial property in particular, he is a must-follow. This particular tweet struck me because where do you find truly passive investments? People will tell you property is set and forget

Sunday looms The saga of ‘will they, won’t they’ for US bitcoin ETFs reaches its next major milestone this Sunday. Back in April, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest submitted their ETF application. We are now at the second Approve/Deny/Extend stage for the SEC. The situation is rather complicated by the SEC being in court against Grayscale

Everything’s a fine I assumed they were dead. Somehow though, the corpse of Credit Suisse managed to get fined by both the Bank of England (£87m) and the Federal Reserve ($269m) for their dealings with defunct hedge fund Archegos. Credit Suisse lost $5.1bn (£4bn) when the hedge fund defaulted in March 2021. It ultimately led