Weekly dispatches

The Orient Express is up for sale. Could there still be a quick profit to be made, even with the proposed takeover price already being public?

Is there any such thing as making money without taking undue risks? Find out in this acecdote from the German stock market.

With a $400 trillion pension funding shortfall looming, what should you brace yourself for – and how can you escape as much as possible?

How did Argentinean farmland holding CRESUD manage to produce zero return for investors despite spiraling farmland values?

What went wrong, and why the lessons learned matter to anyone who has ever considered subscribing to an IPO placement of a reputable company.