Stuart Kirk

England

Investment Columnist at Financial Times

FT columnist and ex: Head of RI (HSBC AM), Head of Research (HSBC & DWS), Head of Multi-Asset (Deutsche), consultant (Oliver Wyman), equity PM (Morgan Grenfell)

Articles

The small stuff I’m sweating on before the next Big One

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

The main reason I found Day of the Triffids terrifying as a boy was the realisation that I would have for sure been one of the first...
Trump made me a hundred grand

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Stuart Kirk

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Trump made me a hundred grand

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

Did you know that the Chinese characters for the phrase “tariff-induced crisis” are the same as those for “obvious buying opportunity for...
The mass delusion of Buffett worship

4 weeks ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

When it comes to saying the unsayable, it’s hard to top comedian Jerry Sadowitz’s infamous gag from the late 1980s.
Investing is a long-term game, but hours can matter too

1 month ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

Who says equality wasn’t a thing 30 years ago?
Foiling negative returns this year is a balancing act

1 month ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

With four young kids and a wife with selective mechanophobia, one half of my Easter holidays was spent loading and unloading the dishwasher.
Commentary: The silence of CEOs speaks volumes about corporate leadership today

1 month ago | channelnewsasia.com | Stuart Kirk

IPING, United Kingdom: Mr President, history is clear that tariffs raise prices, unemployment and inequality while lowering productivity and economic growth. The US central bank chair said as much on Wednesday (Apr 16). As chief executive officers (CEOs) of public companies, we disagree with your trade policies in the strongest possible terms. We hereby promise to do everything in our power to challenge them. Do not doubt our unity and resolve on this issue.
The silence of the CEOs

1 month ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

Mr President, history is clear that tariffs raise prices, unemployment and inequality while lowering productivity and economic growth.
How investors can survive the ‘Orange Crash’

1 month ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

I wasn’t running Asia ex-Japan funds in 1997, so I won’t count the Asia crisis that spanked economies and markets in the region and left...
Sir Keir will love me, I’m doubling down on UK equities

2 months ago | ft.com | Stuart Kirk

Nineteen ninety five. Me and another asset management grad are in Balls Brothers wine bar after work.