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    Stuart Kirk

    Stuart Kirk writes about investing for FT Weekend. He held roles in banking, asset management and consulting over a 20-year career, and ran the Lex Column in a previous incarnation at the FT.

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Capital markets
      Fear not — equity is far from cancelled

      The angst over supposed ‘de-equitisation’ is misplaced

      A man take a selfie with an iPhone in front of a giant Apple logo
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
      A year of ups and downs . . . and ups

      But my portfolio’s tax-free gains beat working for a living

    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      I’m going to dip my fat fingers in oil

      Having made one trading error already this month, I’m now buying energy stocks

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Skin in the GameUS Treasury bonds
      Why I want me some transition risk

      The truth is that high-emitting stocks outperform

    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Cash is for emergencies not portfolios

      For me, the investment case doesn’t add up

    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Personal Finance
      Trump is right on asset prices

      Valuation is more an art than science

    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      Inheritance
      Inheritance tax debates overlook the psychology of the thing

      These levies may be almost irrelevant to the economy, but they stir up strong feelings on mortality and family

      An elderly couple walking on a beach
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
      My performance is way better than most hedge funds

      And that’s even after subtracting the cost of reading the FT

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
      Why investors needn’t worry about oil prices

      Sometimes they matter, sometimes they don’t — the evidence doesn’t give us a clue

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Skin in the GameFund management
      My portfolio is slimmer and not a needle in sight

      Flow and survey data are tempting but resist them if you can

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Skin in the GameSovereign bonds
      I’m a bond casualty but I won’t die

      In fact the latest data screams ‘more fixed income!’

    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Investing in Japan: a triumph of hope over experience

      Despite years of disappointment, I’m betting on Tokyo

    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      ESG investing
      Rebranding ESG won’t save it from its internal contradictions

      The environmental, social and governance framework for investing is riven with inconsistencies

      A truck carries coal in Wales. If a miner of coal is unsustainable then so is the truck company hauling the stuff. And why not its tyre supplier or the rubber maker?
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvestments
      Help me doctor, I’m selling the US and buying Asia

      Wanting more risk means doing the opposite of what I’ve always been prescribed

    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
      Double or quits: valuing Wall Street (part 2)

      I wanted to buy US stocks but I’ve talked myself into selling

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Double or quits: valuing Wall Street

      US stocks always go up, but will they halve first?

    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Office life
      The Musk-Zuck ruck — why we need more white-collar rumbles

      It’s good that office fisticuffs are vanishingly rare but the sight of business titans going toe to toe is fabulous entertainment

      A man in a suit and tie wears two boxing gloves, with the logos of Twitter and Meta on opposing arms
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Time to make waves in my portfolio

      Slow and steady no longer does it for me — time for some fun

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      What to say about house prices at a dinner party

      The topic is back in the news and we haven’t a clue, as usual

    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      I don’t own green funds because I want to live

      Treating AI stocks as sustainable is a bad joke

    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Companies
      Corporate hypocrisy doesn’t bother us too much. This is why

      Modern economies are predicated on doing one thing, saying another and keeping a straight face throughout

      A montage of a man in a suit holding a mask behind his back, next to a giant hand holding a wodge of cash
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast27 min listen
      Best of Money Clinic: Investment Masterclass: Stuart Kirk has ‘skin in the game’

      The former asset manager on being radically open about his portfolio’s performance

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Active management is a sham — no wonder my returns are suspect

      I’m a hypocrite for deriding stock pickers but choosing my own funds

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
      Weddings and divorce: the scourge of investment returns

      I was calculating Sharpe ratios during my marriage vows

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      I’m no wide-boy trader but I’m minded to flip my bank ETF

      The share price returns of European lenders say it all, really

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