Roger Lawson

Budget Spring 2016 – You Won’t Need Sugar to Sweeten This Pill

By Roger Lawson Economics & Markets

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The Chancellor appeared to be in a buoyant mood delivering his budget speech on Wednesday even though he noted that the global economy is weak and financial markets are turbulent. He reported a fast growing UK economy and lots of personal tax cuts. Indeed he emphasised that with 1% of the richest taxpayers contributing 28%…

Why Investors Need ShareSoc

By Roger Lawson Latest

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ShareSoc is an organisation that promotes the interests of private investors. You might ask why it is needed given that institutional investors are the ones who dominate the stock market. Alternatively, you may observe that private investors are fully serviced by their stockbrokers (or investment “platforms” as some like to call themselves now). Unfortunately the…