Stock pickers know they can’t outsmart the market. That doesn’t stop them from trying.

There is a phrase we have used over the decades: The Arrogance of the Modern. It is the quiet assumption that because we possess more information, faster communication, and increasingly advanced technology, we must therefore be less vulnerable to the same emotional and collective mistakes that shaped prior generations. Every era seems to believe, in one…

Sharing is caring — at least that’s what has been drilled into our minds. And for the most part, it’s true. However, if you’re contemplating making the ultimate step in sharing — adding someone to the deed on your home — it’s a good idea to consider the consequences. It’s important to understand that when…

The FIFA World Cup’s most viral football player left the US with a rather peculiar souvenir. Norway’s striker Erling Haaland returned home after his team lost to England in the quarter-finals on Sunday. He exited the plane at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on Monday in style, carrying a $750 taxidermy raccoon in one hand and a…

Salesny was among the founders of Alpha Associates in 2004. Credit: Maks_lab/ Shutterstock.com. Amundi has named Petra Salesny as chief executive of Amundi Alpha Associates, the firm’s private markets multi-management business.  The division manages more than €24bn under management across private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate.  Access deeper industry intelligence Experience unmatched clarity with a single platform that…

Asset finance is seeing a huge surge in demand, according to new data from the Finance & Leasing Association, while bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains more or less flat Asset finance advances to SMEs grew 8% year-on-year in April, the FLA’s figures reveal, with lending across the first four months of…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed rule changes that its chair said would “help clarify the regulatory framework for crypto assets and provide greater certainty to the market” as part of its annual agenda. In a Tuesday notice, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said that the agency’s 2026 agenda was intended to align…