Pension funds and other institutional investors, as they’re called have no patriotic duty to...
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“Apple versus the world”
Apple has just launched its first actual new product in quite a while, a virtual reality gizmo,...
“Recession: Was the Bank of England right to raise interest rates?”
Bailey of the Bank reminded me of a WW1 General Melchett: ‘It’s going to be tough, and we at HQ...
“Time in the Market Beats Timing the Market”
If you’re mad enough to be heading to an airport this height-of-summer-season, you’ll face the...
“Talking recession to fight inflation”
The head of the Bank of England and his fellow ‘Central Bankers’ around the world have been...
“Stock markets slump over recession fears”
This was yesterday’s business news. Today’s was ‘Share Prices Stabilise’, after a ‘weak and...
“Coping with a correction – will stock market falls continue?”
There haven’t been any ‘markets plummet, £billions wiped of the value of your savings’ headlines...
“Asset managers ‘largely failing’ on ESG voting, research suggests”
If you own shares, you’ll know it’s pointless voting at shareholder meetings as it’s only the big...
Will the new Roaring ’20s end in a Crash?
The Great Gatsby was one of my favourite books, and I even had a soft spot for the Robert Redford...
“John Lewis looks to tap into DIY investing boom with Nutmeg partnership”
M&S sold ISAs and pensions for while in the ‘90s. Richard Branson had a go. Halifax and the...
“Tesla’s decision to accept Bitcoin opens it up to ‘currency of thieves’”
I was asked this week why I hadn’t recommended a certain ‘positive change fund’, which grew 85%...
“GameStop traders, you won’t have beaten the elite if your bubble bursts”
Didn’t want to give this stuff still more of an airing, but I’m being asked about it daily, alas....
New president, new Brexit deal, new vaccine hope – can 2021 be a shot in the arm for investors?
Whatever the current state of the markets, I’m still asked ‘what do you think we should do, given...
“DIY investors number grow 42% in Covid trading boom”
Looks like enforced leisure and additional screen time, reduced spending and a see-sawing...
“FTSE hits 10-month high as it smashes through 6,800”
Doesn’t seem that long ago that we were worrying that the FTSE was too high when it was set to go...