The Smartest Investors Sometimes Lose the Most: Lessons From the First Half of 2026

ADTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Aug. 7, 2025. Timothy A Clary/AFP via Getty Images6/20/2026|Updated: 6/20/2026CommentaryThe stock market has a remarkable ability to humble even the smartest investors.Mark Us Preferred on GoogleEdward Chin was formerly country head of a UK publicly listed hedge fund, the largest of its kind measured by asset under management. Outside the hedge funds space, Chin is the convenor of the 2047 Hong Kong Monitor and a senior adviser of Reporters Without Borders. Chin studied speech communication at the University of Minnesota and received his MBA from the University of Toronto.Author’s Selected ArticlesAD