Investments

Investment Discipline When Narratives Dominate Markets In modern financial markets, narratives—powerful stories about innovation, disruption, or transformation—can eclipse fundamentals and propel asset prices far beyond intrinsic values. From the dot com boom of the late 1990s to the meteoric rises (and subsequent plunges) of cryptocurrency markets, the psychology of investors and the stories they tell […]

Markets in Transition: Volatility as the New Normal In recent years, financial markets have shifted from brief episodes of instability to sustained volatility as a systemic feature. Once relegated to crisis periods, heightened price swings — across equities, bonds, commodities, and foreign exchange — are increasingly viewed as baseline conditions rather than anomalies. Investors, businesses,