News at the Library of Mistakes
Kwasi Kwarteng tells Library of Mistakes bond markets don’t act rationally
Press release For immediate release Former Chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng claimed that bond markets don’t act rationally, speaking in a wide-ranging interview with ...
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What truly drives the world’s financial markets?
“There is so much more to heaven and earth than is dreamt of in numbers and decimal points,” says Professor Russell Napier, Keeper of the ...
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New Podcast out – Michael Howell
We’re delighted to be bringing out a new podcast. In episode 13 of the Library of Mistakes podcast series, legendary market strategist, author and founder ...
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Fraser Allen – how I found the Library of Mistakes
Our media/PR guru tells how he came across the Library. A few years ago, I heard about a mysterious place in Edinburgh called the Library ...
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End of 2022 message from the Keeper – a Big Year for the Library of Mistakes
2022 was a remarkable year for our global initiative to improve understanding of finance, business and human behaviour, one mistake at a time. Most notably, ...
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The LOM – featured on Bloomberg… and by its editor no less
We’re delighted that Bloomberg have given us a plug in their recent story about the ructions around banking and Credit Suisse. This is what Editor-in-Chief ...
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Hosted at The Library of Mistakes
Banks – a confidence trick that works… most of the time
Wed 20 March 2024
Could we get a better panel to talk about banks? Iceland banking chronicler Jared Bibler, HBOS collapse expert Ray Perman and writer on RBS turmoil…
A Night Cap – Paul Kosmetatos on the Leith Whisky Bubble of 1898 at the Weekend of Mistakes
Mon 11 March 2024
We’re delighted to share this video from our recent Weekend of Mistakes at Hay-on-Wye, a joint production between The Library Of Mistakes and Hay Castle…
Daniel Peris on The Ownership Dividend
Wed 14 February 2024
A must attend event for anyone interested in portfolio management, we were truly honoured to have someone of the stature of Daniel Peris visit us…
Mistake of the Year Awards
Wed 7 February 2024
On the 7th of February 2024, we held the society event of the year in Edinburgh! This was the society event of the year in Edinburgh,…
Max Ward – My Mistakes as a Fund Manager
4 December 2023
Mistakes are our passion at our wonderful library – most of the time it’s someone opining on the errors of others but every so often…
