I’m looking forward to seeing the back of 2016. However it’s not particularly as an investor that I’ll be glad to see the start of 2017 but as a voter. I have voted 5 times since 2014 in elections for EU, UK and Scottish parliaments, 1 Scottish referendum and in June 2016 the Brexit referendum. […]
2016: Goodbye to All That Nonsense and Hello to 2017 Read More »
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 »
Republican Presidential Nominee apparent for the 2016 election (unless the Republicans can depose him at their convention) Billionaire property tycoon Donald Trump as part of his electioneering bravado has promised to construct a wall along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigrants from entering the US.
Building a Wall to Stop Immigrants is the Last Piece of Infrastructure the USA Needs. Read More »
There may have been a brief stock market rally late in 2015 and any expressed wishes for its continuance have been dashed as 2016 so far has been a tough one for many people and not just investors. Here in the UK floods have battered the country especially in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Scotland.
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
Where are we headed is the question? Will oil be the issue of 2015 or Eurozone deflation? There’s been some volatility in recent months for financial markets were the VIX index, referred to as the fear index for markets, showed larger peaks appearing as investor concerns rose over issues like the ending of QE in
Down and Up the Markets Go, Eurozone Sucks and Middle East Blows Read More »
In June 2014, I attended the 105th AGM of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (SMT), a fund of nearly £3 Billion of assets spread around the world with a total return objective. It’s managed by Baillie Gifford (BG) here in Edinburgh. As a small shareholder it’s useful to meet who governs and directs one’s
Increasingly Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing has become a hot news feature in the scientific or technical press and television news proclaiming revolutionary techniques to create products as diverse as jewellery, curvy concrete walls or car dashboards and even human spare parts. Pioneering medical applications include replacement jawbones and ears using powdered titanium or actual
