This month, Ashley Knight, CFA, reviews her newsletter from 2020 on behavioural biases. She takes a look at these biases’ impact on investment behaviours and the resultant market reactions over the past few years.

Our personalities, mannerisms and values are all shaped by our surroundings, and our savings patterns are not an exception. Different generations exhibit different savings patterns, many of which have been moulded by the landscape in which those generations grew up.

Based off of the recent surge in precious metal prices and the lag of their miners’ share prices, is there value in holding precious metal miners?

Many are asking whether China has been oversold and wondering whether the year of the dragon will see China rising from the ashes.

Weight loss wonder drugs have taken the world by storm, but the recent past has seen scepticism for other industries which this new fad may impact.

A look at concentration risk within the MSCI World, highlighting the importance of effective risk management within a portfolio, particularly when the concentration sits in overvalued holdings.

A month of negotiations culminating in an eleventh-hour deal to avoid default through the suspension of the ceiling until January 2025.

An overview of crypto investing and the events which transpired at FTX, followed by an investment case for Distributed Ledger Technology.

As cyber criminals continuously adapt to the challenges they are faced with when trying to access sensitive information, there will continue to be a need for innovation and development within cybersecurity. Organisations will not be able to afford to go uncovered and investments into their own security will continue. By 2026, the cybersecurity industry is expected to be around USD 345.4 billion. By including cybersecurity as a theme within portfolios, investors stand to benefit from this growth.

Although climate change is always a hot topic, recent weather patterns have highlighted its impact on the world. The closer we get to Global Day Zero and the more realistic 2012 seems, humanity will be forced to act on then necessary changes. These changes will be permanent and as investors we should position ourselves to benefit from them.