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“Oil prices surge as Iran escalates tanker attacks, shares fall”
Markets hate uncertainty. That very uncertainty makes writing about what’s happening to your...
“Oil price drop could curb inflation … and help Rachel Reeves”
It’s an ill wind and all that. A threat to the world order, an open door for the strong to take...
“Long live the 60/40 portfolio?”
If you’re a ‘Balanced’ investor, which, at ‘medium risk’ is, in our experience, where most are...
“‘Investors ignore geopolitics at their own risk'”
‘What about all this in the Middle East?’, I’m often asked in words to that effect, ‘what’s that...
“Why the 60/40 portfolio ‘should be dead'”
Sounds a bit investment/tech/nerdy, I know. The ’60/40’ portfolio is what we call ‘Balanced’, with...
“Investors split on whether home bias still does or should exist”
The worry and occasional happiness we hear from clients about the state of their investments often...
“Is life in the UK really as bad as the numbers suggest? Yes, it is”
In films, the lives of seemingly random characters often coincide, entwine and lead to a (in my...
“Government unveils levelling up plan that will transform UK”
I remember learning about Regional Development Boards in economics lessons at school in the 1970s....
“Laura Kuenssberg replacement at BBC should be ‘pro-Brexit’, says senior Tory MP”
This guy would, I suspect (hope?) be the first to complain about state control of the media in...
“Climate protesters arrested after blocking M25 junctions in rush hour”
If anyone is going to be in favour of the climate-change protesters main objectives, it’s surely...
“Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at bus stop”
My business has been paperless for nearly fifteen years now. Piles of post arrive from the many...
“UK warned it is unprepared for climate chaos”
Let’s face it, governments are always unprepared, for pandemics, wars, financial crashes, however...
“Sunak’s Spending Review ‘sobering’ as Covid-19 leaves ‘scars’ on UK economy”
Why does anything described as ‘sobering’ make us want to immediately reach for a glass of wine?...
“Bank of England holds rates as it pumps extra £150bn into economy”
Here’s why we’ll be OK for quite a while to come, investment-wise at least. It’s not just the dear...