Investment briefing
Every Flavour Beans
A man once sat on a bench externalising his thought process, reminiscing on the advice his mother gave him: ‘life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get’. Admittedly, this was a movie, and the man was the fictitious Forrest Gump, but his mother was right; in a lifetime of unpredictability, Masters of Destiny are often disappointed.
Investment briefing
Towards the end of January, shares in GameStop, an old-school American video games retailer, were driven higher by a cohort of (largely) young day traders looking to make a killing, armed with laptops and furlough cheques.
Investment briefing
After cheering investor spirits with a brief mid-summer rally, global financial markets subsequently sold off through to the start of October.