Gosh. Have I missed something? I hate it when Swen prods me like that when I’m fast asleep in my favourite comfy chair. Did you say we’ve voted out? Told you so. It was when I was having lunch with Evil about a month ago that I started getting vibes. We discussed the bookies odds…
By Alex Story of Leave.EU The key question in this referendum is: Does the UK wish to be free or not? Amidst the noise that has been generated by the referendum to either remain or leave the European Union, much of the discussion seems to have revolved around derivatives issues, in particular growth and border…
A missive through the letterbox from Jezza & Co. I had supposed that Mr Corbyn had gone on holiday, so little have I heard from him during the referendum campaign (and at his age, that would have been quite understandable). But no, the Labour Party has been up all night producing killer arguments for –…
Entrepreneur, fund manager, author, economist and star Master Investor contributor Jim Mellon has urged UK voters to “wake up” and leave the sinking ship that is the European Union in the referendum on 23rd June. Jim pointed to the economies of France and Italy, both of which are mired in debt traps, as the “key…
Don’t worry, Shirley If you listened to Baroness Shirley Williams you’d buy shares in removers like Pickford’s or Berwin & Berwin (both sadly private companies, mind you). Or you’d buy shares in stolid but boring container truckers like the Swiss firm Kühne und Nagel (VTX:KNIN). Lady Williams tells us[i] that if the British people vote…
Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron says he does not think that rising concerns about the financial condition of certain Eurozone countries will influence British voters tomorrow, though all major opinion polls now put both sides neck-and-neck… Peter Kellner of YouGov says: It’s all now down to who turns up to vote and…
The market now resembles one of those challenging Harold Pinter plays where the dialogue of the characters is mysteriously compelling but outwardly meaningless, because Pinter avoids putting it into a plotted or themed context. ‘What’s he on about?’ whispers one member of the audience, nudging the one next to him. ‘No idea!’ responds the ‘nudgee’!…
Market Latin: ‘caveat emptor’ says the Governor; ‘Et tu Brute’ rejoin shocked British Brexiteers; ‘Quo Vadis?’ shout investors. Will a Brexit vote be bad for the equity market, and if so, what sectors is a Brexit vote likely to hurt? The Governor of the Bank of England’s foray into Brexit prophecy has provoked outrage…
If you think the forthcoming mega-bailout of Italy is nothing to do with us, Mr Cameron, think again… Mr Cameron seems to think that the United Kingdom, as an EU state outside the Eurozone, would not have to cough up if there were another round of bailouts in the Eurozone periphery. In particular, the financial…
The ONS has just announced the highest current account deficit on record for the British economy, at 5.2% of annual GDP. While nothing new, this trend may become hazardous now that Brexit plans are under discussion. In fact, some of the effects are already in play and can currently be seen in the stunning deterioration…
