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Real estate and the metaverse

by Simon Wallace | Jul 19, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Economist

Originally published June 2022. How the metaverse may impact on the real world. Sweat streaming down my face, I landed a punch straight into his midriff. The force of the blow sent him stumbling backwards. Now was the time to finish this. Reeling back my right arm,...

Sri Lanka riots: how the tiny Indian Ocean island nation got into such a mess

by Amalendu Misra | Jul 19, 2022 | Political Insider, zLead Article, zNewsletter

The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just hours before he was due to resign in the face of massive popular protests which culminated on...

Generalists and specialists

by Alex Moss | Jul 18, 2022 | The Professor, zOurWriters1

They’re all under one roof. Who sets the price? Historically, the real estate sector, and in particular the listed real estate, was regarded as a single asset class and generalist investors (ie, not real estate specialists) typically increased weightings ahead of what...

How much money do people want to achieve their ideal life?

by Paul Bain | Jul 18, 2022 | Investor's Notebook, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Our research gave a surprising result. Money can’t buy happiness. Many of us are told this at some point in our lives, but that doesn’t seem to stop many people from wanting more of it – even very rich people. The question is, how much money do we each need to...

A bear market would leave the FTSE 100’s CAPE at attractive levels

by John Kingham | Jul 18, 2022 | The Fund Manager, zLead Article, zNewsletter

After spending many years as an unloved also-ran, the FTSE 100 is finally getting its moment in the spotlight. While it hasn’t produced any growth in 2022, it has managed to fall by less than just about every other major index on the planet. So far this...

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