James Ferguson

James Ferguson qualified with an MA (Hons) in Economics from Edinburgh University in 1985. For the last 21 years he has had a high-powered career in institutional stock broking, specialising in equities, working for Nomura, Robert Fleming, SBC Warburg, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Mitsubishi Securities.

James is currently a stockbroker and economist at Pali International, and is a regular contributor of articles to MoneyWeek and to our Roundtable discussions.

James runs his own investment advisory service, Model Investor, especially for MoneyWeek readers. Find out how James could help you with your own investing, with Model Investor.

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Is it time to buy again?
Why it’s time to take profits on commodities
Credit default swaps: how to spot the riskiest banks
Here comes the house price crash
Avoid property – but I think shares are good value
Buy-to-let: the market’s Achilles heel
Why it's time to get back into the market
The tide is going out - is your portfolio covered?
Oil investment: what would Jean Paul Getty do?
What Gordon Brown's premiership will mean for investors
Where's this long-awaited recession?
How the US housing slump will affect us all
When will the housing bubble burst?
What's the real reason for the oil price rise?
Why you should ignore the UK stock market bears
Is this the end of the bull market in bonds?
This is not 1987, but the warning shots have been fired
How to profit from soaring oil prices
Where is the housing crash?
What’s really going on in the property market
Japan: a way into the coming property boom
Don’t miss the next Tokyo property boom
MoneyWeek’s predictions: how did we do?
Don’t miss out on the UK's bull market
King Dollar is still on his throne – but how long can his reign last?
Britain’s homeowners are heading for bankruptcy
Japan: basket case or not?
Into the red with Brown
Is the MPC sleeping on its watch?
How to get a geared bet on stocks at a whopping discount
The euro disaster
Japan's new dawn
Ship out of tankers while the going is good
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time...or of the sales that aren't there
Catch this modern-day gold rush before it's too late
Where risk hides
Is the metals supply shortfall an illusion?
Commodities: boom, bust, or supercycle?
Shipping due to crash on an unforgiving shore
Everyone agrees all is well. It isn't
What Chinese steel exports mean for the world
The mortgage trap
What to do about the housing crash?
New Labour blows it
Low inflation? Think again...
Rocky waters ahead for bonds
US housing: it's not a bubble
Top FTSE tips
Why you should buy both the oil majors
FTSE will break 6,000
What’s ahead for stocks? Watch bonds!
House prices sink further – batten down the hatches
Residential property: not waving but drowning
The great British pensions debacle
The strange bond boom
Has the house price crash finally begun?
Will the soaring price of oil drown the UK economy?