2023 got off to a better start than 2022 and was looking likely to correct some of the previous year’s losses. We have long said that markets… Read more “Q1 Investment Update – Banks again”
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AI
It is hard to avoid news items about ChatGPT at the moment. It makes for great copy for journalists, who can ask it anything and write an… Read more “AI”
Q4 Investment Update – The worst of times
2022 was not the worse year for shares but it was the worst year for bonds and it was the worst year for shares and bonds combined… Read more “Q4 Investment Update – The worst of times”
Direct Indexing – the next big thing?
One section of the Altor team is living with very limited heat and hot water at the moment (and boy do we hear about it). The root… Read more “Direct Indexing – the next big thing?”
Q3 Investment Update – Dark Carnival
This update strives to be apolitical. We do though, have a view on markets and it turns out that markets have a view on UK politics. Quarter… Read more “Q3 Investment Update – Dark Carnival”
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage. Although she died in poverty in 1904, aged 88, her fortune was at one point… Read more “Mary Ellen Pleasant”
Altor Impact Report
We are pleased to be able to share our 2021/2022 Impact Report with the world. Please click here to download.
How to live to your 90s
On 23rd July 1983, Captain Bob Pearson and First Officer Maurice Quintal were in the cockpit of Air Canada’s Boeing 767, Flight 143 to Edmonton. They were… Read more “How to live to your 90s”
Crypto Bust
Bobby was the lead guitarist of two bands that were huge in the 70s. He still plays with one of them but touring is largely confined to… Read more “Crypto Bust”
Q2 Investment Update – Rising Tide
John F. Kennedy once said “a rising tide raises all boats”, he didn’t have you in mind when he said it, but it is true that the… Read more “Q2 Investment Update – Rising Tide”