6th January 2022
The hope the Covid infection, with its adverse economic consequence, would be receding by the end of 2021 has been confounded. The Omicron variant appears to be a particularly virulent, if milder,...
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24th September 2021
Investor sentiment seems to be changing as equity markets’ ‘risk on’ momentum appears to be slowing – notably on concerns that the authorities begin to pare back their...
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11th August 2021
Today I thought I might spend a little time discussing various different ways you can invest in gold (and silver) since many people have been in touch to ask about this very topic recently. As...
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10th August 2021
The answer may surprise you. Gold I have had a reasonable number of questions of late about precious metals and, in particular, how to go about buying them if so inclined, so thought it might...
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6th August 2021
Regular readers of these articles will be aware of an ongoing and oft-repeated theme of mine: Namely that, to a certain degree at least, you can run your financial affairs so that you...
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5th August 2021
Smaller Companies (AKA “small caps”)… One asset class that I have written about before and that has a long track record of producing average annual returns quite some way north...
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4th August 2021
Why Read Finance Books? As part of your ‘own the world’ journey we believe that the information required to make useful and lasting change in our lives can very often be found in the...
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3rd August 2021
I previously highlighted four beliefs many people hold when it comes to finance which I suggested simply weren’t true. These were: “You can’t go wrong with bricks and...
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14th July 2021
Prices have increased more in June than in any other time since 2008, as inflation continues to run rampant in the US. The year on year increase for June came in at 5.4%, higher than the already...
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12th July 2021
HR experts have said that 35% of employees in the UK have requested today off, and after the Italian Job, who can blame them. England were brutally defeated in familiar fashion by Italy in a...
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9th July 2021
The UK economy is growing, largely being propped up by the hospitality sector, as retail sales, pubs and restaurants all were the major contributors to the 0.8% growth we saw in May from April....
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8th July 2021
Productivity is expected to be lower in the UK this morning, following the nerve shredding 120 minute match with Denmark last night. No doubt beer sales will have hit a post pandemic peak in the...
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7th July 2021
The Office for Budget Responsibility has been crunching some numbers, which Rishi Sunak is going to want to take note of: In their biannual fiscal report, the OBR have said that an extra...
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6th July 2021
“Freedom Day” as Boris Johnson profoundly announced, is on the horizon, and it is nothing short of freedom. In a press conference at No10 last night, the Prime Minister finally hosted...
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5th July 2021
Later today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce England’s roadmap out of lockdown. July 19th is the terminus date, and with that looming on the horizon, we are anticipating...
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2nd July 2021
The government is going to be tested on one of its first post Brexit decisions on trade tariffs: The government is being challenged in court by British Sugar PLC over their decision to allow...
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28th June 2021
I first bought Deepverge (LSE:DVRG) in November 2019 around the time of the news release relating to the successful field trial for water monitoring of E. coli. Back then, nobody knew what was...
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25th June 2021
Base metals and commodities markets are still suffering from the China inflation crackdown story. All throughout the week, there has been more information from the Chinese NRDC. The group is now...
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24th June 2021
Many readers will be aware that one of the biggest investment themes in the last few months and years has been something called “ESG”. In Europe alone, ESG funds attracted not far off...
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18th June 2021
This week there is only one place to start, the Fed. The FOMC kept rates unchanged as expected but this was a meeting that gave us fireworks. The markets were taken by surprise by the fact that...
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