3 October 2018
ruffer investment trust
Things that go bust in the night
“At the end of [Sir Fred Goodwin’s] presentation, there was someone with their hand thrust up very enthusiastically, and he was looking at his BlackBerry as he spoke, and he said, ‘Sir Fred, if the opportunities available to you are so exciting and if everything is going so well at the bank, why has the share price fallen 35% since you started speaking ?’” - Manus Costello on RBS’ finest hour, in The Bank That Almost Broke Britain, BBC2, 2 October 2018.
28 September 2018
ruffer investment company
The truth
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” - Epictetus.
12 September 2018
value funds
Happy anniversary
Having been artificially inflated by the forces of QE and ZIRP, bonds are no longer – in our view – remotely investible. But we continue to see merit in the capital growth and portfolio insurance potential of sensibly priced ‘value’ stocks, uncorrelated funds (especially systematic trend-followers) and precious metals.
7 September 2018
value fund
Everything is awesome
Small government = low taxes = happiness. Big government = high taxes = misery. A wise man, that Adam Smith.