What would a Labour government mean for investors?

Investors seem to have little to fear from a…

John Bogle’s Platonic vision

On the sublime simplicity of the Vanguard founder’s absolute faith in the humble index fund

The Intelligent Fund Investor: a sceptic’s guide to investment

Joe Wiggins’ new book is an enlightening guide to how the stories we tell about markets can be harmful to investors

How to Fund the Life You Want: a review

Robin Powell and Jonathan Hollow’s new book on financial…

On wealth, power and insecurity: a portrait of Crassus, ‘the first tycoon’

Peter Stothard’s portrait of the Roman financier Marcus Licinius Crassus is a study in the insecurities that attend great wealth…

How to Invest: a review

A new book in The Economist series offers a comprehensive guide to investment principles but is perhaps not for the complete beginner

Invested: How Three Centuries of Stock Market Advice Reshaped Our Money, Markets, and Minds: a review

A fascinating new book shows how financial writers have nurtured — and exploited —investors’ perennial…

Interrogating finance: applying the Socratic method to the markets

Thoughts on how the forensic mode…

Reconsidering risk: restoring the classic distinction between what can be measured and what can’t

Hume’s humility: coming to terms with the limits of what we can know

A visit to Edinburgh prompts reflections on a philosopher whose insight into the limits of knowledge would have made him a rather good…