Has British American Tobacco lost its spark?
British American Tobacco has outperformed the market over twelve months but significantly underperformed Imperial Tobacco, which has been born aloft…
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The Evil Diaries: Watchstone, Orosur, Proxama and Mulberry
I am told that Watchstone (WTG), formerly Quindell, are in Court this afternoon with a view to getting permission to…
8 years ago
The Trouble with Calais
“When I am dead and opened, you will find Calais written on my heart.” - Queen Mary I This situation…
8 years ago
The Evil Diaries: “I suppose they think this is comic”
A long-time reader of the Diaries draws my attention to the following decision letter issued by the Financial Ombudsman. In…
8 years ago
Winners and losers: The best and worst funds of 2015
Trustnet Direct, the retail investment platform from FE, has recently published a list of the best and worst performing UK…
8 years ago
Egypt & France – Markets after Terror Attacks
I’ve heard some pretty prominent market commentators say some really dismissive and stupid things about Technical Analysis. Saying you can’t…
8 years ago
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…
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Why Millennials need a healthy dose of Euroscepticism
With China’s recent state visit, our eyes were once again opened to the superstate’s quest for global economic power, and…
8 years ago
Some thoughts on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Last week I was at an event held by the FT where the guest speaker was Paul Johnson from the…
8 years ago
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…
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