This time it’s different?
‘The four most expensive words in the English language are: ‘This time it’s different.’’ Sir John Templeton. Amid another lockdown here in the UK, we must all look for new ...
Where can I find a shoeshine boy?
It was the winter of 1928 when JFK’s father, Joe Kennedy, was said to have received a stock tip from a shoeshine boy – “Buy Hindenburg”. The story goes that ...
Growth Windows or Value Ploughs?
Much ink has been spilled on the relative merits of “growth” verses “value” stocks. As there are around 90,000 public companies classifying them into one of two groups is, by ...
Root Fires
The economic shutdown that we are living through is without precedent in modern history. The US unemployment rate has moved in a matter of weeks to 15.7%, the highest it ...
Stampeding Elephants
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a clear threat to human life and the global economy. The leaders of countries across the globe are having to act rapidly to fight both threats, ...
One year on…
It is with great pride that I look back on the first year of the LF Havelock Global Select Fund’s life. In this time there have been two distinct phases ...
Value vs growth… why not have both?
As the name implies, when you own a share you own a slice of a business. The market price of your share should depend on the existing value in the ...
What’s inside your pie?
As professional investors, managing the risk of losing money is a responsibility we take very seriously. The traditional approach when managing a portfolio is to allocate money to different opportunities ...
