In recent years, we have become used to a low level of inflation. However, since the EU referendum the economic landscape has changed and a higher level of inflation is likely in future years. In fact, since the referendum, inflation has risen from 0.3% to 1% and the Bank of England now forecasts that it…
We have seen an interesting divergence between the initial strength of gold in the wake of the Trump victory, and the mark-up maintained by many of the leading gold proxies like Patagonia Gold (LON:PGD). It would appear that there has been an embarrassment of riches in terms of the recent news flow served up by…
Right now, there is very little anyone is (and can be) certain about in the markets. We’ve got a perfect storm of global uncertainty about to come to a climax, and holders of pretty much every available asset, financial or otherwise, are wondering if their allocation is the right one. Perhaps more importantly, this uncertainty…
It’s déjà vu – all over again The great American people have spoken. And the opinion polls were wrong. Again. Those beautiful bellwether states of Ohio, Florida and Georgia called for Mr Trump who is, this morning, the President-Elect of the United States. All over the world “experts”, liberals and lefties are swooning in disbelief,…
After some months in the wilderness it would appear from a technical perspective that shares of stock market darling Metal Tiger are back in business for the bulls. What has been interesting regarding the sentiment surrounding Metal Tiger is that even though the stock has pulled back from 6p-plus at the beginning of April to…
You may have seen the pictures on the weekend news of Theresa May jetting off to India to smooth the way for the negotiation of the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal. Ahead of her trip she described her destination as a leading power in the world. One of the best ways to benefit from the…
The US Presidential election will finally be over on Tuesday 8 November. It’s been a long and interesting campaign, but we are still no nearer at this point to knowing whether Trump or Clinton will win. In fact, the latest polls show that Clinton’s lead over Trump has been slashed following the FBI’s announcement that…
It is not always wise to follow every heartbeat of a stock or market you may be interested in. But in the case of Sound Energy, this may be the correct thing to do. There is little doubt that Sound Energy (LON:SOU) has been one of the stocks of the year amongst the bulls, and…
Risks in the international financial system have been rising for a while. In recent months bank valuations and some credit default swaps (CDSs – the rates at which banks insure each other) for European banks have reached levels not even seen during the Credit Crunch of 2008. Brexit has created a climate of uncertainty –…
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: I won £80,000 on Almandin last Tuesday in the Melbourne Cup but had lost £20,000 of that by COB Friday. However, by around 4.20 p.m. on Saturday I had lost a further £20,000. Not good. And then I won £60,000 in no less than three major fluke football…
