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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.
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvestment trusts
    What I learnt from your open-ended wisdom on closed-ended funds

    My previous column on investment trusts filled my mailbag with expert responses

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    Are investment trusts the new Japanese equities?

    For me there is no sensible reason why their share prices trade at a discount to NAV

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Advice & Comment
    How to analyse an M&A deal on the back of a napkin

    Whether you own the aggressor or acquiree, here’s the playbook

  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Corporate governance
    It’s time to let shareholders choose the CEO

    Companies should ditch the age-old parliamentary system in favour of direct votes

    A sea of raised hands at a shareholder meeting
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Skin in the GamePersonal Finance
    Now everyone hates private equity I’ll buy some

    And I’ve found a way to do it that avoids the insane fees

  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Skin in the GamePersonal Finance
    Readers’ tips for doubling my money

    It’s easy peasy apparently — so it’s only fair I spread the word

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Who wants to be a millionaire?

    Join me and let’s try to double our savings in eight years

  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Markets
    Relative measures can be absolutely wrong

    Comparing one data point with another can be misleading, nonsensical or even dangerous.

    Euro coins with toothed edges interlocking like cogs
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    Equities
    How to invest without fear or FOMO

    Funds exist for those worried about shares crashing but also missing a rally

    Red monochrome image of New York Stock Exchange with graph symbols superimposed
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    I’ve never had performance anxiety before now

    Peer benchmarks are for wimps, but only fools take on the S&P 500

  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    The rally in Asian stocks hasn’t dulled my bitcoin pain

    They haven’t even gone up much and now they’re expensive too

  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Skin in the GamePersonal Finance
    I ignored the Budget but love UK stocks regardless

    FTSE 100 companies are so cheap and so global that local politics is irrelevant

    Image of chancellor’s red Budget briefcase superimposed on charts and pound notes
  • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
    China
    What China can learn from the ashes of my boat

    Quality matters because wooing investors requires trust

    picture of a box with ‘made in china’ on the outside
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Skin in the GameJapanese business & finance
    30 years late, I’ve finally made money in Japan

    After the Nikkei’s record-breaking run, what should investors do now?

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Skin in the GameGrowth investing
    S&P exceptionalism versus ‘expensiveism’

    My retirement depends on which belief dominates

  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
    Corporate governance
    We are all hypocrites on corporate governance

    Sound management and controls don’t improve returns — far from it

    A man in a suit clasps his hands
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    Should investors care about geopolitics?

    Everyone at Davos thinks so — they are half right

  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Skin in the GameSovereign bonds
    Could inflation turn from a problem to a solution?

    I bloody well hope not, although my portfolio is ready

  • Saturday, 6 January, 2024
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    My new year resolution is bitcoin

    Yes I know the dangers, but I’m having some anyway

  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    Markets
    The festive case for faith-based investing

    Underestimating the power of belief has led me to make some terrible financial and economic calls

    A roomful of Santas in Tokyo.
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Skin in the GameDemographics and population
    What’s a good portfolio for an 80-year-old?

    The benefits of long-term investing are not for everyone

  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Skin in the GameInvestments
    The best way to invest in gold

    An insider secret for non-criminals

  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
    How COP28 can help readers and itself

    My six ideas for making climate investing more attractive

  • 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

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