After spectacular growth in 2021, many experts are braced for a significant fall

‘I put $10,000 into Amazon in 1997. I sold it in 1997,’ goes one memorable example

Predicting the election winner is one thing, predicting the market response is another

Our present investing behaviour is very much shaped by our past

Ordinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionals

The recent breakout to all-time highs suggests the bull market is alive and well

Estimates suggest chiefs in US are paid about 300 times more than the average worker

‘If you claim the rise, you own the fall’

The Cape ratio is twice as high as its average, but no one is panicking yet

Sense of perspective required to put ‘big, scary numbers into context’

People’s political views shape their investment outlook, but personal bias can prove costly

The top 20 earned $15 billion last year; the rest of the industry lost $99 billion

Corrections are unavoidable and using Twitter as an investment guide

An increasing number of strategists believe we are in a secular bull market, with any decline likely to prove fleeting