When we talk about financial literacy, we tend to think about household finances: whether people understand interest rates, inflation, loans, saving and investing, in other words, whether individuals know how to manage their own money well. But financial literacy is a...

Two tables published in Viðskiptablaðið on Wednesday, 2 September, tell an interesting story about the state of domestic investment opportunities in Iceland. While the S&P 500 has risen 12.65% since the beginning of the year, the Nasdaq Composite 13.60%, the STOXX...

I recently read an interesting article in Morgunblaðið entitled “Bessent Defies Market Forces.” It discussed Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, and the challenge posed by high levels of government debt and elevated long-term interest rates. The United States...

A few years ago, I read Guy Spier’s book The Education of a Value Investor. It resonated with me immediately because of the way he places the work of the investor in a deeply human context. He writes about mistakes, insecurity and self-reflection with a degree of...

In ancient tales, Nordic warriors believed that if they fell in battle, they would be welcomed in Valhalla with Odin. In Valhalla, the routine was always the same: each morning they went out to fight; after the battle they all rose whole again and went to a feast...

In recent weeks and months, concerns about tariffs and an impending trade war have filled the headlines. Investors are understandably uneasy due to the looming tariffs, and stock prices have fallen almost everywhere in the world, including here in Iceland. It is clear...