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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, 27 December, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    My answers to your most popular questions this year

    From investing without losing it, to green finance and getting rich quick

  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Private investing
    Free reader event: Quiz Stuart Kirk on his investment plans for 2025

    FT columnists Stuart Kirk, Claer Barrett and Moria O’Neill to take reader questions at online webinar

    Line-up of Stuart Kirk, Moira O’Neill and Claer Barrett
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Trump is the poster child of DEI

    His incoming administration illustrates the benefits of diversity

    Elon Musk and Donald Trump walk and talk
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
    Why portfolio rebalancing isn’t zen

    Neither theory nor practice supports diligently adjusting your exposures

  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    Stock investors needn’t fear tariffs

    Uncertainty around trade merely increases the equity risk premium

  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvestments
    Why I’m sticking to my guns with my portfolio

    As I reach the two-year anniversary, I find generally sweet returns — with one flaw

  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Economy
    We forget about comparative advantage at our peril

    Companies and countries should maintain a laser-like focus on what they do best

    Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Skin in the GameUS equities
    Why it’s way easier to call US elections than pick stocks

    Even so, I’m yearning to have a go if only to amuse my readers

  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    Should you ever buy a stock index at a record high?

    It feels so wrong, but investors (me included) needn’t worry so much

  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Skin in the GameCorporate earnings and results
    A beginner’s guide to US earnings season

    Corporate profits matter, but some results matter more than others

  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Banks
    It’s about time bankers were cool again

    The stigma that finance has long endured is both out-of-date and unwarranted

    The cast of BBC’s Industry
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    In investing, what if bad is good and good is bad?

    As with parenting, constraints are not enemies. Quite the opposite in fact

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvestments
    Three big investment questions I’m asking now — and so should you

    As the fourth quarter looms, portfolio risk, US equities and China are all that matters

    A Chinese dragon and bull face each other with US Federal Reserve logo in the background
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast29 min listen
    Can Stuart Kirk double his money in eight years?

    Investment pundit Stuart Kirk shares his master plan for building wealth

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvesting in funds
    Can I buy emerging stocks without touching Asia?

    I’m after any funds replicating an emerging markets ex-Asia index

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Environment
    It’s time for politicians and bosses to prioritise beauty

    Economic objectives are mean by comparison with aesthetic considerations

    The Milky way and night sky over Twr Mawr Lighthouse, Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, North Wales
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    When will emerging stocks finally emerge?

    The story is always compelling but the returns are not

    Skyline of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    Those of us in our fifties have to fight for every basis point we can

    Boosting investment returns sure beats working for longer in order to retire

  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Skin in the GameEquities
    What ordinary investors can learn from this week’s market meltdown

    Why I won’t even leave the beach for a one-day decline of 12 per cent

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Technology
    In a fake world, a verification revolution is needed

    From photography to working from home, being able to prove things are real is ever more important

    Donald Trump pumps his fist in the air while surrounded by secret service personnel against a background of bright blue sky and a US flag
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Skin in the GameInvestments
    Will summer vibes boost my portfolio?

    What could put investors in a better mood to buy than a couple of months of sport and sun? But the season has its pitfalls

    Illustration includes Olympics logo, margarita and football player
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Skin in the GameInsight & Comment
    How investors should play the UK, French and US elections

    Worry not if policies are discounted, they are sideshows versus fundamentals

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Now everyone is worried about France, is it time to buy European stocks?

    Macron madness rings my contrarian bells

  • 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 GameInsight & 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

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