Stuart Kirk

Friday, 15 December, 2023

Skin in the GameDemographics and population

What’s a good portfolio for an 80-year-old?

The benefits of long-term investing are not for everyone

Friday, 8 December, 2023

Skin in the GameInvestments

The best way to invest in gold

An insider secret for non-criminals

Friday, 1 December, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

How COP28 can help readers and itself

My six ideas for making climate investing more attractive

Friday, 24 November, 2023

Capital markets

Fear not — equity is far from cancelled

The angst over supposed ‘de-equitisation’ is misplaced

Friday, 17 November, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

A year of ups and downs . . . and ups

But my portfolio’s tax-free gains beat working for a living

Saturday, 11 November, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

I’m going to dip my fat fingers in oil

Having made one trading error already this month, I’m now buying energy stocks

Friday, 3 November, 2023

Skin in the GameUS Treasury bonds

Why I want me some transition risk

The truth is that high-emitting stocks outperform

Friday, 13 October, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Cash is for emergencies not portfolios

For me, the investment case doesn’t add up

Friday, 6 October, 2023

Personal Finance

Trump is right on asset prices

Valuation is more an art than science

Saturday, 30 September, 2023

Inheritance

Inheritance tax debates overlook the psychology of the thing

These levies may be almost irrelevant to the economy, but they stir up strong feelings on mortality and family

Friday, 22 September, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

My performance is way better than most hedge funds

And that’s even after subtracting the cost of reading the FT

Friday, 15 September, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

Why investors needn’t worry about oil prices

Sometimes they matter, sometimes they don’t — the evidence doesn’t give us a clue

Friday, 8 September, 2023

Skin in the GameFund management

My portfolio is slimmer and not a needle in sight

Flow and survey data are tempting but resist them if you can

Friday, 1 September, 2023

Skin in the GameSovereign bonds

I’m a bond casualty but I won’t die

In fact the latest data screams ‘more fixed income!’

Friday, 18 August, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Investing in Japan: a triumph of hope over experience

Despite years of disappointment, I’m betting on Tokyo

Saturday, 5 August, 2023

ESG investing

Rebranding ESG won’t save it from its internal contradictions

The environmental, social and governance framework for investing is riven with inconsistencies

Friday, 28 July, 2023

Skin in the GameInvestments

Help me doctor, I’m selling the US and buying Asia

Wanting more risk means doing the opposite of what I’ve always been prescribed

Friday, 21 July, 2023

Skin in the GameInvesting in funds

Double or quits: valuing Wall Street (part 2)

I wanted to buy US stocks but I’ve talked myself into selling

Friday, 14 July, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Double or quits: valuing Wall Street

US stocks always go up, but will they halve first?

Friday, 7 July, 2023

Office life

The Musk-Zuck ruck — why we need more white-collar rumbles

It’s good that office fisticuffs are vanishingly rare but the sight of business titans going toe to toe is fabulous entertainment

Friday, 30 June, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

Time to make waves in my portfolio

Slow and steady no longer does it for me — time for some fun

Friday, 23 June, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

What to say about house prices at a dinner party

The topic is back in the news and we haven’t a clue, as usual

Friday, 16 June, 2023

Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment

I don’t own green funds because I want to live

Treating AI stocks as sustainable is a bad joke

Friday, 9 June, 2023

Companies

Corporate hypocrisy doesn’t bother us too much. This is why

Modern economies are predicated on doing one thing, saying another and keeping a straight face throughout

Tuesday, 6 June, 2023

Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast27 min listen

Best of Money Clinic: Investment Masterclass: Stuart Kirk has ‘skin in the game’

The former asset manager on being radically open about his portfolio’s performance

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