MoneyWeek roundup: How to play irrational markets

James McKeigue highlights the best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: how to play irrational markets; the most important lesson on asset allocation; and what is market abuse?

British economist John Maynard Keynes noted that "the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent". Keynes died in 1946 but events this week have shown that markets are as irrational as ever.

Leading stock indices the world over fell this week after America's Federal Reserve indicated it wouldn't engage in any fresh quantitative easing any time soon. UK stocks received a further blow when the Bank of England revealed something similar on Thursday.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.