4 US real estate hot spots
Many British investors are buying property – sorry, real estate – in America. Houses and apartments in the Land of…
7 years ago
Economics & Markets
The 1930s: a warning from history
If what you were ‘taught’ about the Great Depression is anything like my school time experience, it will go something…
7 years ago
The US Markets – Trick or Treat?
As Hallowe’en approaches, Americans are tricking and treating. But what is the US stock market doing? The smiling economists of…
7 years ago
How to invest in an age of longevity
So people are going to live longer. And old age will not necessarily mean infirmity. The demographics are already changing…
7 years ago
Europe on the brink
The Brexit talks will run into the sand soon. That may be a problem for Britain. But, for Europe, Brexit…
7 years ago
Mellon on the Markets
What to write about this month? Victor Hill has already – and brilliantly – covered Catalonia, and I have banged…
7 years ago
Catalonia dreaming…
What happens in Catalonia this Sunday could, even more than Brexit, cause massive headaches in Brussels… 2014 reimagined… Imagine, if…
7 years ago
Peer-to-peer property lending – Which platform is right for you?
Over the past decade, the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector has gone from strength to strength. A number of government measures…
7 years ago
The bitcoin surge – A new era for money or a dangerous bubble?
In recent decades, governments and central banks have come under fierce criticism for the way they manage our most important…
7 years ago
Mellon on the Markets
This missive is being written on the Edinburgh to London train, as I return from a full week at the…
7 years ago