Lord CopperDec 30, 2015Politics Provided the Light Relief in 20152015 has been a pretty miserable year for investors. No asset class really stood out as providing more than a mediocre return, and in...
Lord CopperDec 23, 2015Merry Ghosts of Christmas PastWhen people reach a certain age in every generation, we are liable to hear the words – ‘things were much better in my day’, and we know...
Lord CopperDec 16, 2015Cut Production? Or Reduce Costs?A conversation with a fund manager started me thinking the other day. Talking about the distressed nature of the commodity markets at the...
Lord CopperDec 9, 2015Sow the Wind, Reap the WhirlwindA new concept seems to be creeping into the trading vocabulary – ‘malicious short-selling’ first reared its head as a problem for the...