One of the scariest aspects of the current debt crisis is the surfeit of cash on corporate balance sheets.
Among the brigade of economists and investment strategists a depressing idea has been gaining traction in recent years, one we might call the Japanification of the Anglo Saxon world.
It is funny how fear becomes infectious and eventually clouds rational people's judgement.
The contrarians among you will know by now I have a bee in my bonnet about the pensions crisis and, in particular, individuals' (in)ability to properly plan for the long term, combined with the fast-approaching longevity crisis.
How should we all, collectively, react to another round of quantitative easing or monetary stimulus?
Am I the only one to have noticed many investors seem to be using heightened uncertainty to suggest a new moral order should prevail?
It is silly season in the world of international finance. Thomas Cook has confirmed trading is a little tight and its shares have plummeted.
The output gap sounds like one of those obtuse concepts bandied about by professional economists to confuse the hell out of ordinary folk.
Over the past few months, investors and their advisers have been treated to a rare sight - asset managers producing a genuinely interesting and useful array of new discretionary products.
The rumpus over ETFs just will not die down. Every week or so, another new skirmish breaks out, with the latest bruising delivered by expert pugilist Terry Smith of Fundsmith.