Friday, 9th of August 2019 “ You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ________________________________________ Having enjoyed a brief interlude of relative calm so far this summer, markets have been roiled by the sharp re-escalation of US-China trade tensions in the ...
Friday, 16th of August 2019 “Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” – Adam Smith ________________________________________ Panic has continued to spread throu...
Friday, 27th of September 2019 “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.” – Jeremy Bentham ________________________________________ Markets were decidedly choppy this week as the Democrats finally moved to impeach Donald Trump. Previously, the party w...
Friday, 10th of October 2019 “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” – Viscount Palmerston ________________________________________ After a choppy start to the week, stock ...
Friday, 13th of December 2019 “It is easy to make promises; it is hard work to keep them.” – Boris Johnson ________________________________________ Johnson’s Conservatives romped home with a massive 80-seat majority in the UK general election this week promising to ‘Get Brexit Do...
Friday, 18th of October 2019 “Though hope be courteous and debonair, she’s never certain.” – Jean de Meun ________________________________________ Undoubtedly the most significant news of the week came on Thursday morning, when the UK and EU finally struck a new Withdrawal Agreemen...
Friday, 25th of October 2019 “He does not always choose the best Who muses long.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ________________________________________ Stock markets globally are in positive territory this week, as the US and China edge closer to an interim trade agreement. The com...
