Is The UK Becoming A Poor Country?
Some commentators have observed recently that the UK now feels like a poor country. Can countries that were once rich…
1 year ago
Economics & Markets
Ad Astra: SpaceX versus Tesla
SpaceX will soon be worth more than Tesla. Elon, we still love you – despite your poor corporate governance, declares…
1 year ago
Food Fears: the UK’s Poor Food Security is Costing Us Dear
Food-price inflation in the UK is likely to continue this year at a higher rate than in Europe. While food…
2 years ago
The UK Investment Environment in 2023
We keep hearing that 2023 is going to be a challenging year for the UK. But the upside might trump…
2 years ago
My 15 Predictions for 2023
The year ahead will be a challenging one for investors, but some substantive long-term trends will come into clearer focus.…
2 years ago
The Outlook for UK Inflation, Interest Rates and Sterling in 2023
Interest rates in the UK will have to rise a little further in 2023, even though the inflation outlook is…
2 years ago
Wind Power Won’t Save Us
Renewables are more expensive than is claimed because of the cost of maintaining back-up generation capacity, observes Victor Hill.
2 years ago
China: Not Rising, but Stalling
The failure of President Xi’s Zero Covid policy and the popular resentment against it come as China’s growth dynamic has…
2 years ago
Are the Tories finished and should investors even care?
The polls suggest that Labour will win the next UK general election by a wide margin. The Tories face an…
2 years ago
Are we past the market bottom and inflation top?
Historical data points toward increasing odds of recession amid growing inflation numbers, and the current profit projections for 2023 are…
2 years ago