Are financial markets ignoring the Trump risk?; Trump’s First 100 Days: The most likely areas of initiatives; Tesco bank hack: Challenger banks in the digital age & the need for intermediaries; India gets away with scrapping and reissuing overnight most of Rupees in circulation Are financial markets ignoring the Trump risk? What I believe voters… Read more »
Q. I thought I would be able to sell on my annuity, but in the papers it says that the Government has scrapped this. What options are available to me now? A. Although frustrating, the Government’s U-turn is perhaps a blessing in disguise, as the plan felt like an accident waiting to happen with the… Read more »
Are markets bracing for a ‘President Trump’?; UK Autumn Statement Expectations; Commodities: a glimmer of optimism returns to the sector; Central Bank policy update; October’s PMIs: Health check for the global economy; Q3 company earnings present corporate sector in good health – even banks! Are markets bracing for a ‘President Trump’? This surge of £-Sterling was the largest in… Read more »
Sobering October; Heathrow Expansion; Mega M&A back on the radar; Breakin’ up is hard to do; Renewed Chinese currency decline no cause for panic; OPEC: Was it all just bluff? Sobering October UK investors observing double digit returns for 2016 from their investment portfolios should refrain from worrying that capital markets have lost the plot and… Read more »
UK government bonds caught in £-Sterling’s downdraft? A temporary uptick in the rate of inflation, as long as UK economic activity remains in at least a mild uptrend, can actually turn into somewhat of an economic stimulus, as the nominal growth that comes with it can create a rising tide that lifts all boats. UK… Read more »
