Victor Hill

The Trolley Letters II

18 December 2015 Dear Mr Morrison Just a short note to commiserate you on your demotion from the capitalist Premier…

India Online: Update

At the end of October, further to a trip to India, I wrote a piece on these pages entitled India…

Why investors should understand the company lifecycle

Looking back, one of the most useful concepts that I learned at Business School was that of the Company Lifecycle.…

Airport Wars: Indeterminate Delay

Back in September I wrote a piece for these pages (Airport Wars: Heathrow versus Gatwick) in which I explained why…

The Trolley Letters

10 December 2015 Dear Mr Sainsbury On behalf of the Tonbridge WI, I would like to congratulate you on the…

The Trouble with Calais

“When I am dead and opened, you will find Calais written on my heart.” - Queen Mary I This situation…

War on Terror II: The Janus-Faced Kingdom

In 1744 in the Arabian city-state of Al-Diriyyah, a prominent Muslim cleric by the name of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhabi came…

UK-Europe: Myth and Reality

As featured in this month's Master Investor Magazine. As I wrote on the MI website recently (Mr Cameron’s Gamble), we…

Government finances – the mint with the hole

Five days before Mr Osborne gave his Autumn Statement the UK Government released its latest borrowing figures. They should have…

War on Terror II: How the Markets will Respond

Tomorrow (Wednesday, 02 December 2015) the United Kingdom, barring some unforeseen upset, will formally enter War on Terror II. Given…