No edge, no hedge: why markets are stuck
Neither extreme optimism nor extreme pessimism makes much sense, and neither is easy nor safe to express
Neither extreme optimism nor extreme pessimism makes much sense, and neither is easy nor safe to express

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour

Markets have shrugged off everything from geopolitics to financial crises

Why write about markets at all?

Political pressure in response to public anxiety will demand policy responses

Experts are struggling in a less predictable world rife with simple and popular answers

The market’s calm in the face of war is beginning to crack