Adrian Kempton-Cumber

Corporation Tax in the Public’s Face Again

There was a joke going round some time ago that MySpace were going to merge with Facebook and create MyFace.…

Generating a Themed Watchlist

In olden times it was considered bad form to discuss politics and religion in polite conversation. The weather was everyone’s…

Know Your Odds

I’ve always wondered how it would work if you were to bet your arse in a wager. What would happen…

The Old Wives’ Tales of Trading

Humans are always looking for patterns, especially where they don’t exist. Where it suits their preconceptions a sample size as…

FTSE 100 Performers – LSE, ABF, Hargreaves Lansdowne

A goodly number of stocks in the FTSE 100 are bearish just now, so I went to look for ones…

Migrant Chic – The New Black

When it comes to fashion I know little to nothing about it from a personal perspective. Clothes wear me, not…

Vive La Résistance! Et Le Support

I saw a sign for ‘recycling’ in my local supermarket. I followed it and all I found was a lot…

In Your Facebook

The Dislike button is coming to Facebook [FB]. There seems to be a lot of ideas about what this means.…

No Good News Is News

For those that aren’t familiar with it, a leading indicator of economic activity is the PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) and…

Giving It 110%

It was David Coleman who got away with persistently and consistently saying rubbish on live sports broadcasts. For those too…