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“‘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...
Moody’s downgrades UK credit rating
From time to time, I’ve run a credit check on myself, even if I don’t want to borrow money (I...
“U.K. Unemployment Could Hit 1980s Highs as Jobs Disappear”
I asked a small business owner how things were going in lockdown. He’s furloughed his 3 employees,...
“Is Coronavirus bringing us together as a nation”
I used to think one of the great things about walking in the beautiful Cotswold countryside...