Philip Coggan



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Full name: Philip Coggan

Area of interest: Economic and Financial markets

Journals/Organisation: The Economist | Financial Times (until 2006)

Email: Philip Coggan: contact form

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Website: http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/philipcoggan

Blog: http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/

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About: http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/philip-coggan

Education: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Career: Assistant Editor at Euromoney Currency Report and Corporate Finance. With the Financial Times from 1986 as economics correspondent, markets editor, personal finance editor and Lex columnist. Moved to the Economist in 2006
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Current position/role: The Economist: Buttonwood columnist and Capital Markets Editor


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Awards/Honours: Investment Journalist of the Year in the State Street 2006 Institutional Press Awards (Award made for articles written while at the Financial Times)

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Books & Debate:

 * Foreign exchange management OCLC 17159196, 1985
 * Currency options OCLC 60009774, 1985
 * The money machine: how the city works OCLC 19325864, 1986
 * Easy money OCLC 46432981, 2001
 * Money for old hope: a special report on asset management OCLC 254221082, 2008

Latest work: Guide to hedge funds: what they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages OCLC 185021549, 2008

Speaking/Arrearances: http://www.speakers.co.uk/our-speakers/profile/Philip_Coggan

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The Economist:
Column name: Buttonwood

Remit/Info: Economic and financial markets: Fund management, Investment, Markets

(derives its name from the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement (signed under a buttonwood tree) regulating brokers on Wall Street)

Section: Finance & Economics

Role: Capital markets editor / Buttonwood columnist

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Website: http://www.economist.com/printedition/

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Day published: Thursday

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Articles: 2015

 * Fifteen years of hurt - Tech stocks were a bubble in 2000 but they are not this time—yet - 1st May
 * A zeal for deals - Corporate takeovers are booming once again - 17th April
 * Mayday - Financial markets have not priced in Britain’s shaky politics - 28th March
 * The curse of the top dog - Apple’s low price-earnings ratio reflects understandable scepticism - 6th March
 * False hope - Most trading strategies are not tested rigorously enough - 20th February
 * The sky’s the limit - Commercial property has been delivering excellent returns - 13th February
 * A peg in a poke - Currency markets have suddenly become a lot more volatile - 30th January
 * Accentuate the negative - Why investors would opt to lose money - 23rd January



Articles: 2014

 * Let’s get fiscal - A new book from a prescient economist - 19th December
 * Frozen or Buzz? - Political risk returns to haunt the Christmas season - 12th December
 * Eliminate the negative - A new strategy reduces pension funds’ risks, but it has a cost - 31st October
 * Bears, but no picnic - Fears of deflation may lie behind recent weakness - 23rd October
 * Work until you drop - Ageing societies create many employment challenges - 10th October
 * Gross and net returns - The lessons from a star money manager’s exit - 3rd October
 * Scrambled signals - Did financial journalists fail to spot the crisis? - 27th September
 * Can’t pay, won’t pay - Hiring hedge funds was never going to make pension deficits disappear - 19th September
 * Double agents - The way investors choose fund managers may cause anomalies in the markets - 13th September
 * Caught out - Markets have defied expectations in 2014, leaving investors with few options - 15th August
 * Rate expectations - When interest rates start rising, how high will they go? - 1st August
 * Trillion-dollar boo-boo - Bad governments cost investors a fortune - 26th July
 * No easy answers - The conundrum of asset allocation - 18th July
 * Neither liquid nor solid - Where the next financial crisis may appear - 11th July
 * Three’s a crowd - The instability that stems from trilemmas - 4th July
 * Same old song - Market conditions bear a worrying resemblance to those of 2007 - 27th June
 * Land of the falling yield - The return of an old relationship between asset prices - 6th June
 * Inside job - Criticism of the financial sector from an unexpected source - 30th May 2014
 * Pensions à la mode - Average returns on investments for retirement conceal huge variation - 23rd May
 * One dollar, one vote - When it comes to setting policy, the views of businesses and the rich seem to count for more - 15th May
 * Ghostbusters - Markets will prove fragile if central banks tighten too fast - 9th May
 * The taxman blustereth - financial-transactions tax will just drive business elsewhere - 2nd May
 * Now you see them - Central banks will be financing governments on a permanent basis - 4th April
 * Freedom or licence? - Annuities are not as bad as they are sometimes painted - 28th March
 * Peering into the entrails - Downbeat signals from the markets - 21st March
 * The big issue - Are credit markets getting frothy again? - 14th March
 * Revolutionary fervour - Does economics need a rethink? - 7th March
 * The battle of Detroit - Pensioners and bondholders fight over a city’s diminished coffers - 28th February
 * Against the odds - The costs of actively managed funds are higher than most investors realise - 21st February
 * The growth paradox - Past economic growth does not predict future stockmarket returns - 14th February
 * A new world for bonds - Time to sweep away an artificial distinction - 7th February
 * The coin has two faces - Other currencies’ losses may be the dollar’s gain - 31st January
 * The inevitability of instability - A welcome burst of new thinking on financial regulation - 24th January



Articles: 2013

 * The bond bears - Inflation is falling but bonds are unloved - 20th December
 * Cap and tirade - A modern proposal with ancient roots - 29th November
 * Get big or die trying - Finding a better way to deliver pensions - 22nd November
 * Here we go again - Governments don’t like strong currencies - 15th November
 * Margin for error - American corporate profits seem to have defied gravity - 1st November
 * If you build it, they will fund - Pension funds can and should invest more in infrastructure - 25th October
 * Where there’s money, there’s risk - Events in America show that no asset is copper-bottomed - 18th October
 * Sound the retweet - When investors make irrational decisions - 11th October
 * The profits prophet - A new book explains why business investment has been low - 4th October
 * The big issues - The finance sector is doing part of its job right - 27th September
 * Smoke and mirrors - The meaning of the Polish government’s pensions manoeuvre - 20th September
 * Back to normal - Once again equities are beating bonds over the long run - 14th September
 * Squaring the circle - Financial markets are sending incoherent messages - 6th September
 * Net gains and losses - The internet has not yet produced the hoped-for productivity miracle - 16th August
 * Carry on trading - Why nominal interest-rate differentials are important to currency markets - 9th August
 * A misleading model - Low bond yields have in the past been bad, not good, for equity returns - 2nd August
 * Holiday hassles - There is scope for the markets to have another summertime wobble - 26th July
 * Rateable value - Markets seem to be paying no attention to the views of the ratings agencies - 19th July
 * A new hope - Institutions are betting on fresh sources of return - 12th july
 * Pot luck - Pension-plan members need to focus on the right measure - 6th july
 * Cut off by their sugar daddy - Investors fear the loss of central-bank support - 29th June
 * Building the next boom - Commercial property may benefit from its income appeal - 21st June
 * Quality street - The latest fashion in equity investing - 14th June
 * Out of favour - The sell-off in emerging markets should not obscure their attractions - 7th June
 * Apocalypse, not yet - Bond yields are very low, but Japan’s example shows they may stay low - 24th May
 * Caveat voter - The euro zone’s financial set-up doesn’t look very democratic - 17th May
 * Age shall weary them - The productivity challenge of the rich world’s demography - 10th May
 * Money to burn - The muddle-headed world of American public-pension accounting - 3rd May
 * Don’t just do something, sit there - Fund managers trade too much. Retail investors can learn not to - 26th April
 * Like chess, only without the dice - It is hard to find an economic explanation for gold’s sharp fall - 19th April
 * Where did all the money go? - As Cypriots are discovering, wealth can prove to be illusory - 5th April
 * Off target - A misguided proposal to regulate fund managers’ pay - 29th March
 * The financial-repression levy - There is more than one way for savers to lose out - 22nd March
 * Credit watch - A new book argues that investors should focus on the credit cycle, not economic growth - 15th March
 * Desperately seeking yield - The striking appeal of corporate bonds - 8th March
 * Better than the alternatives - The Dow reaches a record high - 8th March
 * Voting but not counting - The uneasy relationship between electors and investors - 1st March
 * Come together - Don’t just sit there, bid for something - 22nd February
 * Teacher, leave them kids alone - Financial education has had disappointing results in the past - 15th February
 * Beware of the bias - Investors may have developed too rosy a view of equity returns - 8th February
 * The value of value - Fashions are changing in the stockmarket - 1st February
 * Home on the range - A useful stab at projecting investment returns over the next decade - 25th January
 * War games - Another battle to achieve currency depreciation - 18th January
 * The best, the worst and the ugly - The art of picking mutual funds - 11th January
 * Hope springs eternal - Investors are optimistic but 2013 is unlikely to be a bumper year - 11th January



Articles: 2012

 * Big is not always beautiful - Picking an outstanding fund manager - 14th December
 * Desperately seeking investors - If pension funds do not buy equities, who will? - 30th November
 * The income appeal - Dismal bond yields make European equities look relatively attractive - 23rd November
 * Converging world - Countries’ fiscal policies are becoming more similar - 16th November
 * Desperately seeking yield - Investors are gorging on corporate bonds. Is an asset bubble being inflated? - 9th November
 * Marshmallows and markets - Could guarantees make pensions more appealing? - 2nd November
 * Signal failure - Why illiquidity in one asset can spread quickly to others - 26th October
 * real deal'' - Low real interest rates are usually bad news for equity markets - 19th October
 * Precious relic - Gold remains popular, despite the doubts of economists - 12th October
 * The secrets of Buffett’s success - Beating the market with beta - 28th September
 * Ben buys, bulls buoyant - How asset prices react to quantitative easing - 21st September
 * Cliffhanger - Ben Bernanke has done his bit to help the American economy. Now the politicians must do theirs - 21st September
 * Voice in the wilderness - A veteran fund manager identifies the real sources of long-term returns - 16th September
 * Rover the regulator - Simple rules may be best for monitoring banks - 7th September
 * Democracies and debt - Voters are now facing a harsh truth - 31st August
 * The power of faith - Equity markets are rallying again on hopes of central-bank action - 10th August
 * Money for nothing - Companies are taking advantage of cheap borrowing - 3rd August
 * Taking stock - Why equity markets have forgotten their function - 27th July
 * The golden rules of banking - They make the rules, and get the gold - 13th July
 * Duncan dough notes - A thought-provoking analysis of the debt crisis - 6th July
 * Gas, grains and growth - Making sense of the fall in commodity prices - 22nd June
 * Promise now, bill your children - Pension sums don’t add up - 15th June
 * Not so expert - The need for financial advice may be more psychological than practical - 8th June
 * A contrarian moment - Share prices in Europe may have priced in the bad news - 1st June
 * The nationalisation of markets - The rise of the financial-political complex - 25th May
 * Here we go again - Another stockmarket rally peters out - 18th May
 * Making no cents - The demise of a coin shows the long-term impact of inflation - 11th May
 * Stuck in the middle - How low real interest rates hurt pension funds - 4th May
 * The great divide - Why American house prices have corrected more than those in Europe - 27th April
 * Feeling peaky - The economic impact of high oil prices - 20th April
 * The question of extractive elites - Bankers and the public sector may both be enemies of growth - 13th April
 * Marginal improvement - Corporate profit margins are extremely high. Can they be sustained? - 30th March
 * The cycle turns - The developed world may have seen the low in bond yields - 23rd March
 * Emerging appetites - A debt boom that actually makes sense - 16th March
 * Pausing for breath - The rally in risk assets is running out of steam - 9th March
 * Short-changed - The British stockmarket is not fit for purpose - 2nd March
 * Repressed memories - The difficulty of deciding how to invest during a time of financial repression - 24th February
 * oil barons have a ball'' - Natural resources are not really a curse at all - 17th February
 * Keep on trucking - Why the old should not make way for the young - 10th February
 * The war on finance - Attacking your creditors is an intriguing strategy - 3rd February
 * In praise of pessimists - Sometimes it helps if investors are gloomy - 27th January
 * Not so smart - How executives spend their company’s cash - 20th January
 * The ugly-bug ball - Traders are picking on the euro again - 13th January
 * Rich managers, poor clients - A devastating analysis of hedge-fund returns - 6th January



Articles: 2011

 * Ever hopeful - Investors approach 2012 with cautious optimism - 30th December
 * Not in front of the servants - An ancient snobbery towards commerce remains - 23rd December
 * Not sharing - The coming shortage of equity investors - 9th December
 * Capital spending: Weapons of mass construction - A shopping list of infrastructure projects is not enough to rescue the economy - 2nd December
 * For whom the toll sells - The investment attractions of infrastructure - 2nd December
 * Gloom descends - European banks are becoming the focus of concern - 24th November
 * Voters versus creditors - Market discipline works when other controls fail - 18th November
 * The road to self-deception - A new EU plan to shoot the messenger - 12th November
 * A trillion here, $500 billion there - The huge shortfalls in pension plans - 10th November
 * Fright simulator - How to deal with a collapsing bank under the Dodd-Frank rules - 9th November
 * Two tiers, too complex - The European debt deal changes the nature of government bonds - 4th November
 * Golden acres - Why Kansas and Somerset farmers should toast the Chinese - 28th October
 * Slow finance - 20th October
 * A trillion here, $500 billion there - 13th October
 * Investing during a crisis: Nowhere to hide - 13th October
 * A crisis carol - Things are starting to look depressingly familiar - 7th October
 * Mood swings - Financial markets are displaying a split personality - 30th September
 * Pensions, Ponzis and pyramids - The retired are always supported by their children - 23rd September
 * Bargain-hunting - Some European stocks are offering very attractive yields - 17th September
 * All in the same boat - Why global stockmarkets have become more correlated - 10th September
 * lowdown'' - The ominous progress of Treasury-bond yields - 2nd September
 * markets, equities and stagnation'' - Just look at those yields - 12th August
 * and ugh!'' - IT IS a bit of a bloodbath on equity markets today as investors worry about the continued inability of Europe to sort out its finances. But all should be well, shouldn't it? - 5th August
 * debt ceiling crisis'' - Might bond yields fall? - 28th July
 * - The sovereign-debt crisis has echoes of the ERM debacle - 15th July
 * number'' - Accounting for American public pensions is still flawed - 1st July
 * return of rationing'' - The difficult decisions needed in an age of austerity - 24th June
 * - A popular financing model is less appropriate in today’s economy - 16th June
 * feeling'' - The equity markets are struggling in the face of slower growth and central-bank inaction - 10th June
 * the wrong track'' - Is there a better way to mimic the stockmarket? - 3rd June
 * and the markets'' - The religious rituals of the finance sector - 26th June
 * missing link '' - Economic growth helps investors only if they are clairvoyant - 20th May
 * the story right'' - What does the rise (and fall) of commodity prices imply for investors and the economy? - 13th May
 * losers'' - The “strong dollar” policy means little in practice - 6th May
 * argument'' - The battle to explain the remorseless rise of the bullion price - 29th April
 * source of denial'' - How debt problems are constantly explained away - 22nd April
 * foolishness of crowds'' - Investors tend to chase the latest fad - 8th April
 * and lottery tickets'' - Why investors overpay for certain assets - 1st April
 * Mervyn or Mario?'' - What is behind the decline in living standards? - 25th March
 * old Bill'' - Stopping quantitative easing may be harder than starting it - 18th March
 * may not have the key'' - When diversification doesn’t work - 11th March
 * off the monster'' - A new attempt to explain market inefficiency - 25th February
 * debt to Grandpa'' - The close ties between governments and pension funds - 28th January
 * apart'' - Two contrary views on the outlook for markets - 21st January
 * concerns'' - Commodity prices are surging at a very early stage of the cycle - 14th January
 * big on bonds'' - An economist advises investors to expect deflation - 7th January



Articles: 2010

 * the triangle'' - The rise in bond yields does not solve a long-running dilemma - 17th December
 * real'' - The savings glut was really an investment dearth - 10th December
 * off our pensions'' - A tempting target for impoverished governments - 3rd December 2010
 * the hole'' - It is easy to put money into Irish banks, but tempting to take it out - 26th November
 * von Mises to pieces'' - Why is the Austrian explanation for the crisis so little discussed? - 19th November
 * Sea QE'' - An early attempt to buy government bonds by creating money - 12th November
 * the negative'' - A very unusual sign of confidence in economic policy - 5th November
 * from the meddling crowd'' - Economists struggle to answer a vital question - 28th October
 * trouble'' - A rise in the cost of extracting energy will hit productivity - 22nd October
 * tension'' - Increasing the retirement age is inevitable and better than the alternatives - 15th October
 * magic bullet'' - How the bulls believe quantitative easing will boost asset prices - 8th October
 * going nowhere'' - Low interest rates have been a mixed blessing for equities - 24th September
 * paradox of thrift'' - Why low interest rates could also encourage saving - 17th September
 * cycle lane'' - Economies and markets may be at the mercy of long-term forces - 10th September
 * up returns'' - Investors should pay more attention to dividends - 3rd September
 * special case'' - The demand for financial assets is not like the demand for iPods - 13th August
 * defaults'' - The corporate-bond market has proved more resilient than feared - 6th August
 * the price'' - Time to reassess how fund managers are rewarded - 30th July
 * confidence'' - Looking at the dollar in the old-fashioned way - 23rd July
 * that weight'' - A new approach to bond indices - 9th July
 * goes up'' - Equities are still suffering from a valuation hangover - 2nd July
 * the usual suspects'' - Investors may not have caused commodity price rises - 24th June
 * doesn't fit'' - Why are both Treasury bonds and gold performing so well? - 18th June
 * markets go wrong'' - The problem is not the shorts, but the longs - 11th June
 * for a rent cut'' - Controlling the finance sector’s excess returns - 4th June
 * the patsy?'' - Even sophisticated investors have just been chasing returns - 28th May
 * chorus of boos'' - Other countries will be nervously watching what amounts to an economic experiment - 7th May
 * and dust'' - Economies are remarkably resilient to exogenous events - 22nd April
 * the burden'' - Governments have taken the debt strain, but can they get rid of it? - 8th April
 * not now'' - The alarming future for Japan's finances - 13th March
 * to the bottom'' - Countries compete to weaken their currencies - 5th March
 * self-interest'' - The speculators are blamed again - 19th February
 * foundations'' - The recovery in British house prices is built on sand - 12th February
 * debate'' - The markets, and developed economies, are too dependent on government action - 4th February
 * what they meant'' - The unintended consequences of past financial reforms - 28th January
 * behaviour'' - The drawbacks of automated trading - 21st January
 * all boats'' - The link between exchange rates and asset markets - 14th January
 * away your debts'' - The Iceland saga is a harbinger of crises to come - 7th January



Articles: 2009

 * the price'' - Choosing between workers and creditors - 30th December
 * good news is bad news'' - A foretaste of a new phase in the markets - 10th December
 * of the curve'' - Higher rates on longer-dated government bonds are less appealing than they look - 3rd December
 * developing bull market'' - Low yields on cash are sending investors far afield - 26th November
 * gotta give'' - Either central banks are wrong to keep rates low, or markets are wrong to expect recovery - 20th November
 * promises, golden hordes'' - Central banks and the bullion price - 13th November
 * followed by a bear'' - The dilemmas facing policymakers - 6th November
 * the markets'' - The impossible task of eliminating uncertainty - 30th October
 * the circle'' - Making sense of asset prices - 23rd October
 * on the banks'' - The rescued may turn out to be rescuers - 16th October
 * nature of wealth'' - The world confused financial assets with real ones - 9th October
 * lot to swallow'' - Corporate-bond defaults may be peaking, but there could still be trouble ahead in leveraged loans - 2nd October
 * the buck'' - The dollar comes under increasing pressure - 25th September
 * reality'' - A wrongheaded fund-management directive from Brussels - 17th September
 * big for its Gucci boots'' - The causes of the overexpansion of the finance industry - 11th September
 * thankful they don't take it all'' - Governments will need to find new ways of raising tax - 3rd September
 * fair share'' - Has the tide turned for corporate profits? - 27th August
 * of easy money'' - A 300-year-old example of quantitative easing - 13th August
 * of ideas'' - The rights of shareholders and the wrongs done to clients - 7th August
 * one bound…'' - The stockmarket recovery still faces some serious tests - 31st July
 * comfort'' - The economic impact of swine flu may not be that bad - 24th July
 * a brick'' - Investors may be too complacent about the outlook for property - 17th July
 * the model'' - Private equity faces a more hostile world- 9th July
 * creditor'' - A new economic era is dawning - 2nd July
 * therapy'' - New rules designed to make money funds safer do not go far enough - 26th June
 * so fast'' - Appetite for risk may have returned, but the crisis is not over - 19th June
 * short'' - Returns may have improved but hedge funds still face a lot of problems - 12th June
 * deal'' - Higher commodity prices may not be good news - 4th June
 * so risk-free'' - There are questions about the long-term appeal of American Treasury bonds - 28th May
 * bulls chase their tails '' - The feedback loops that sustained the bull market can work in reverse to devastating effect - 21st May
 * pains '' - A new global system is coming into existence - 14th May
 * days are here again'' - Investors' optimism has returned very quickly. Too quickly - 7th May
 * the trend'' - The end of the carry trade brings a new era of complexity to currency markets - 30th April
 * and out'' - It still looks too early for a housing rebound - 23rd April
 * and substance'' - What the G20 did and did not achieve - 8th April
 * moment'' - A new appraisal of an economist’s theories challenges the blind faith in free markets - 2nd April
 * for value '' - Where might the bottom for shares prove to be? - 26th March
 * fit'' - The terrible temptation to depreciate - 19th March
 * bear necessities '' - The market may have been terrible but investors’ odds are improving - 12th March
 * The grand illusion - How efficient-market theory has been proved both wrong and right - 5th March
 * prison'' - Companies made a fashionable mistake - 19th February
 * lament for savers '' - Prudence gets penalised - 12th February
 * bonus racket'' - Bank incentives are all wrong - 29th January
 * of Greeks bearing gilts'' - The risks involved in buying government debt - 22nd January
 * praise of volatility'' - Smooth returns can be a sign of danger for investors - 15th January
 * Yielding to none - The dilemma facing investors in government bonds - 8th January



Articles: 2008

 * Ready for a rally? - Markets could decouple from the economy in 2009—in a pleasant way for equity investors - 30th December 2008
 * Locked away - The hedge-fund industry imprisons its clients and weakens its appeal - 11th December 2008
 * struck'' - A cautionary tale from within the fund-management industry - 4th December 2008
 * issuance issue'' - It will not be easy to find a market for all that government debt - 27th November 2008
 * big mo'' - Why do share prices move relentlessly in one direction? - 20th November 2008
 * appetising spread'' - The corporate-bond market is discounting very bad news - 13th November 2008
 * Clare and present danger - Is this the time to make a long-term bet on equities? - 6th November 2008
 * bets are off'' - Spreading the risk has spread the losses - 30th October 2008
 * for error'' - Banking profits have already suffered. Now it is the rest of the market’s turn - 23rd October 2008
 * big bear'' - History has to be rewritten after the market’s recent falls - 16th October 2008
 * on screaming'' - Have markets got what they wanted at last? - 9th October 2008
 * the sinews'' - Why it is risky to speak so plainly of impending doom - 2nd October 2008
 * cautionary tale from the future'' - This newspaper story has just come to light after falling through a gap in the space-time continuum - 26th September 2008
 * for the bright side'' - Are there any signs that this could be a buying opportunity? - 18th September 2008
 * and blame..'' - A must-read on the origins of the crisis - 11th September 2008
 * Fuel for thought - Despite lower commodity prices, there is still a lot to worry about - 7th August 2008
 * Profits of doom - The rise of the bearish analyst - 31st July 2008
 * A time for pruning - Signs that the hedge-fund industry is growing more slowly - 24th July 2008
 * Turning panic into opportunity - How to tell when markets may have hit bottom - 17th July 2008
 * A fate worse than debt - Banking-industry woes once again disrupt the credit markets - 10th July 2008
 * A gap in the hedge - Owning shares is no shield against the scourge of inflation - 3rd July 2008
 * Losing their halo - Emerging markets start to falter - 26th June 2008
 * From buy-backs to sell-backs - Shareholders beware. Companies are clinging on to their cash - 19th June 2008
 * Let them heat coke - How green taxes hurt the poor - 12th June 2008
 * Recovery? What recovery? - The credit crunch looks far from over - 5th June 2008
 * Not so vigilant - The puzzle of low Treasury-bond yields - 29th May 2008
 * Catch two-and-twenty - The paradox of investing in alternative assets - 22nd May 2008
 * Crude threat - High oil prices may yet damage the global economy - 15th May 2008
 * Backing greens with greenbacks - It takes patience and guts to invest in the environment - 8th May 2008
 * The fragility of perfection - When supply chains go wrong - 1st May 2 2008
 * Swap shop - Why one part of the credit markets just keeps on growing - 24th April 2008
 * Still vulnerable - It looks too early to be buying financial stocks - 17th April 2008
 * Hung, drawn and first-quartered - After a painful period, investors face a stark choice - 3rd April 2008
 * Requiem for a prudent man - A fund manager's career has lessons for today's investors - 27th March 2008
 * Apocalypse - Investment havens in a time of panic - 19th March 2008
 * Privates on parade - Public markets and private equity have not mixed - 13th March 2008
 * Bling fling - Gold is enjoying a speculative surge. Beware - 6th March 2008
 * Structural fault - Why debt markets and shares have parted company - 28th February 2008
 * Beyond reason - The strange existence of market anomalies - 21st February 2008
 * Hedge podge - Despite mixed results, hedge funds earn a little respect - 14th February 2008
 * Bear necessities - When will the stockmarket become a buying opportunity? - 7th February 2008
 * Heart of Glass - Existing regulation seems to encourage banks to get into trouble - 31st January 2008
 * Finding default - What isn't known about bad debts - 17th January 2008
 * Riding the cycle - Why volatility will never go away - 10th January 2008
 * And God created alpha - A looming challenge for the fund-management industry - 3rd January 2008



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Column name: 'Short view / Long view / Last Word columns' - (ceased Sept 2006)''

Remit/Info: Investment

Section: Money

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Articles:

 * The lessons I’ve learned in the past 20 years - Twenty years is a long time to be writing for any newspaper so I hope readers will forgive the self-indulgence of a reflective final column - 1st September 2006



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