January 2026 market wrap: geopolitics and monetary policy shifted at once, bringing extreme volatility and a repricing of risk across asset classes.
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December 2025 market wrap: stocks ground higher to close a turbulent year, as rate cuts, geopolitical escalation and the AI investment theme drove markets.
Two weeks in Slovenia and Croatia over Christmas and New Year: Lake Bled, a thermal spa, Plitvice Lakes and the Zagreb Advent market.
November 2025: the S&P 500 ended flat after a 4.4% dip, Bitcoin fell 20.5%, Nvidia lost 12.6% after record results and Alphabet rose 13.9%.
3 short island trips from Singapore, twice to Bali and once to Cebu, and why a trip on the same clock costs a trading routine nothing.