A Datastream chart of the month showing, “bumper UK retail sales in July as consumers shrugged off Brexit gloom,” was sent to me as a client of Cazenove Captial, a well known UK investment manager.
Post Brexit Bounce: It Will Need To Keep On Bouncing For Years Read More »
Harvest thanksgiving services in many rural parish churches were for centuries well attended events in the church calendar which celebrated the harvest had been successfully gathered in for another year and the prospect of famine and poverty avoided.
The performance of the FTSE 100 share index appears to be fine so far after the UK’s Brexit vote, to paraphrase Mungo Jerry’s 1970 hit ,” In the summertime,” before the UK joined the EU, with global investors seeing US and other major indices rise too.
In the summertime when the FTSE 100 is fine, it can stretch right up and touch the sky… Read More »
The cliches maybe old and tired but they usually contain an element of truth this time on what happens now in UK politics – it’s anyone’s game, all is possible, the cat is out of the bag and who knows what tomorrow brings or the worst possible outcome of all would be cry havoc and
Brexit – Well That Wasn’t Meant to Happen But There’s Democracy For You. Read More »
The polling cards have been delivered and the debate is at large for the referendum on the United Kingdom remaining or leaving the European Union on the 23rd June 2016.
Brexit: The Great Tory Tear up and Why Britain is Better Bumbling Along. Read More »
The election result was never in doubt in the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections it was more about who came in second place. The governing SNP won the election easily with 63 out of the 129 seats only 2 short of an outright majority although losing its parliamentary majority did take the shine off an
Out and Proud with Ruth: Has the Tory Tide Turned in Scotland? Read More »
Another year starting so what’s in store for investors and markets? In 2015 the GDP of the US economy grew at 2.4%, the UK did 2.5% and the EU managed 1.5% with all its currency and migrant upheavals (GS, 2015). China slowed down yet still reported 6.9% causing investors or speculators a heap of disappointment
2016: What’s Coming – the Good, the Bad or Mediocrity. Read More »
During the spring of 2015 major equity market indices such as the S&P500 and the FTSE100 made record highs and most equity investors had a reasonable start to the year. However over the course of the summer, especially since August, these same indices along with share valuations have tumbled sharply. Widely discussed by politicians, economists
Part 2: Turkish Delight “When you are in the basement the only way is up,” is a comment from a Kurdish ex-pat friend on the expectation of better times ahead for his people. So much for the UK’s unexpected electoral dramas over in Turkey there was a game changer for the ruling AKP and its
Electric Elections: Conservatives Surprise and Turkish Delight Read More »
Part 1: Conservatives Surprise The UK General Election in May 2015 brought an unexpected win majority win for David Cameron’s Conservative Party, with red faces for the pollsters. The Labour Party had a disaster, almost being wiped out in Scotland and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls losing his seat in West Yorkshire, frankly they have a
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