8th December 2020
Festive city lunches are likely to be more subdued affairs this season, but we’ll try to get into the party spirit with a quiz question: "which year did the Queen proclaim to be an 'annus...
Read More9th November 2020
The first week of November produced a slow burning fuse rather than bright fireworks insofar as the US election is concerned. At the time of writing this blog, it would appear that the Democratic...
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28th October 2020
Financial markets have faced huge uncertainty throughout 2020. The onslaught of the pandemic and ensuing economic crisis has dealt a huge blow, while attempts to remedy the situation have seen...
Read More22nd September 2020
Last month’s blog was entitled “Never bet against the Fed” (following the US central bank’s intimation of low rates, irrespective of inflation), whereas the above saying...
Read More1st September 2020
The above saying, often cited by economists and money managers, has particular credence following the statement made by the governor of the Federal Reserve Bank (the ‘Fed’) yesterday....
Read More30th June 2020
Following the review of a ‘Magnificent Seven’ (famous fund managers), this blog highlights two of the author’s favourite funds that focus on stock...
Read More18th June 2020
Based on feedback to this blog, clearly a lot of investors in collective investment vehicles (like unit or investment trusts) put a lot of faith in individual fund managers – notwithstanding...
Read More1st June 2020
After highlighting a cautious, defensive equity vehicle in the last blog – ‘A man for all seasons’ via the Scottish investment trust – the author has been asked to...
Read More22nd May 2020
The last blog ‘At the Crossroads’ prompted considerable conversation surrounding the immediate outlook for financial markets, with readers seemingly reflecting investors’...
Read More7th May 2020
Investors have experienced a turbulent and very uncomfortable 2020 to date, with the COVID-19 pandemic surprising us all and inducing a level of uncertainty rarely seen in our lifetimes. If dear...
Read More22nd April 2020
In the current commodity price environment, with oil prices at their lowest level for decades, companies are under huge pressure. It’s survival of the fittest. Many have been forced to halt...
Read More20th April 2020
While the oil market is at historical lows as the global economy struggles with a production cut that will eventually set prices rising again, AIM-listed Ascent are rolling the dice, setting up an...
Read More2nd April 2020
“March winds and April showers bring May flowers” so says the nineteenth century proverb. Well, we can’t be sure what April will bring but March 2020 was the stormiest month –...
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30th March 2020
To begin with full disclosure, I think the government has made a catastrophic mistake with its economic handling of Covid-19. It is painfully apparent to me that it has also handled the epidemic...
Read More6th March 2020
After worrying about trade tariffs and Brexit last year, investors now face a new fear – of an entirely different sort – in the form of COVID-19, better known as the Coronavirus. The...
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26th February 2020
WTI $49.90 -$1.53, Brent $54.95 -$1.35, Diff -$5.05 +18c, NG $1.85 +2c Oil price Covid-19 rolls on and without any idea yet as to how and where it started it will remain the mystery it has become....
Read More11th February 2020
Flash blog today as thanks to the storm and BA my plans have been rather shot to pieces! Coro Energy Coro announced yesterday that in respect of the company’s 15% non-operated...
Read More29th January 2020
A trading and operational update this morning from Hurricane which will hopefully allay the unnecessary fears in the market from short-termists who don’t understand the nature of the Lancaster...
Read More28th January 2020
WTI $53.14 -$1.05, Brent $59.32 -$1.37, Diff -$6.18 -32c, NG $1.90 +1c Oil price The Corona virus still has the markets by the short and curlies, cities of millions of people empty in the streets...
Read More24th January 2020
WTI $55.59 -$1.15, Brent $62.04 -$1.17, Diff -$6.45 -2c, NG $1.93 +2c Oil price The short week will end down as a combination of factors identified yesterday remain in place. The only addition to...
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