Ben Carlson
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Diversification is no panacea for investor risk
- Personal Finance
- January 22, 2019, 05:00
Diversification is often referred to as the only free lunch in finance but it didn’t protect investors from a shellacking in 2018, with almost all maj(...)

Stocktake: Stock investors fret over rising rates and bond yields
- Personal Finance
- October 23, 2018, 05:00
The Tina trade – the idea that there is no alternative to stocks in a low-yielding world – has helped support the US bull market over the last nine ye(...)

Stocktake: Emerging markets looking ‘increasingly buyable’
- Personal Finance
- September 18, 2018, 05:45
It’s been a miserable year for emerging markets, which fell into a bear market last month, but a turning point may be at hand for a region that looks (...)

Why there’s nothing easy about ‘easy money’
- Personal Finance
- September 18, 2018, 05:00
Stocks have more than quadrupled since the nadir of the global financial crisis in March 2009, but things will be tricker going forward. After all, th(...)

Are Buffett and Dimon right about stock market short-termism?
- Personal Finance
- June 26, 2018, 05:45
Financial markets have become too focused on the short term, according to celebrated investor Warren Buffett and JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimo(...)

Can surging earnings steady volatile stock markets?
- Personal Finance
- May 1, 2018, 07:00
A variety of concerns – rising interest rates and inflation, trade wars, geopolitical tensions, turbulence in the technology sector – have shaken stoc(...)

Stocktake: Tech stock pain was well overdue
- Personal Finance
- April 3, 2018, 08:00
The Faangs, the tech stocks that have led this bull market higher, have had a torrid time lately. The Fang+ index – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, (...)

A bad week for Facebook shareholders
- Personal Finance
- March 27, 2018, 08:00
Last week was a deeply unpleasant one for Facebook shareholders, with the stock losing over $60 billion (€48.65 billion) in market value following its(...)

Is it bear market time for investors? Six factors to consider
- Personal Finance
- February 27, 2018, 07:00
February’s market correction was a decidedly rapid affair, with the S&P 500 enduring its fastest-ever double-digit decline from an all-time high b(...)

How to ride the stock market rollercoaster
- Personal Finance
- February 20, 2018, 07:00
Volatility has returned to global markets. Market corrections can be scary but knowledge is always the best antidote to fear. Here are seven pointers (...)