In the Trump-inflicted market turmoil of recent weeks, it has been fascinating to see that...
Economy
“Trade war: Stock markets rally as Trump rows back on Fed and China threats”
Yet another reminder, should one be needed, of how quickly things can and will change. A nod and a...
“Tariffs through time: have they ever worked?”
History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes. Is what Trump is doing as ‘unprecedented’...
“Stocks surge and yields stabilise as Trump tariffs paused”
"The reason our stock market is so successful is because of me. I've always been great with money,...
“Is the world heading into recession?”
I heard a BBC Economics or Business Correspondent say that ‘it’s likely that these falls in stock...
“FTSE plummets as Trump triggers global market crash”
In ‘times like these’ old stagers like me put on our ‘seen it all before’ hats, but there’s a...
“Trump unveils worldwide tariffs”
‘Since the beginning of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost about 10 percent of...
“Spring statement 2025”
OK, so perhaps it was more of a ’Statement’ than a Budget, and cynicism that it would be a wolf in...
“Household wealth rises 12% in one year but concerns remain”
So here’s the thing. We’re all better off now than we were a year or so ago. Some more than...
“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”
Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough...
“Clients decide against returning tax-free cash after Budget panic”
Although our advice at the time was ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’, some clients did...
“Wealth inequality between ages rises in UK”
The good, for some, news is that the rich in the UK are not getting much richer, although the poor...
“Industry reacts to implications of Trump presidency”
‘I’m sad for my country, but not my portfolio’, commented one US fund manager and political...
“Chancellor says Stamp Duty hike on buy-to-let ‘justified’”
My Budget comments, you’ll see, focus on the ‘micro’ rather than the ‘macro’, the parts that will...
“Will the £22bn black hole suck the UK back into recession?”
At various motivational how-to-be-successful seminars over the years, I’ve heard the line that...