Europe caught unawares by Russian invasion of Ukraine

Given the current turbulence in the financial markets, we believe it is important to let you know how we are dealing with the effects of this event in our investments. It must have been a very unpleasant awakening for European political leaders. They completely misjudged the developments that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. […]

What impact do geopolitical conflicts have on markets?

“Buy on the sound of cannons, sell on the sound of trumpets.” We owe this wise and winged investor’s phrase to the legendary financier Nathan Rothschild, who, according to tradition, made a fortune during the Napoleonic Wars. With the phrase, Rothschild is suggesting that the beginning of a war is a good time to buy […]