Albert Einstein reckoned the only reason we have time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. If he was around today, he may have been forced into a rethink. Last year we saw one of the sharpest falls in financial markets ever, followed by one of the quickest recoveries. Despite the globe still in the grip of a dangerous pandemic, the price of assets, commodities and financial instruments have continued their meteoric rise fuelled by massive amounts of stimulus, from governments and central banks. The more they inflate, the higher pundits believe they'll go. It's the everything boom. Real estate, stocks, ... (full story)