This morning, March 19th 2033, UK CPI (Consumer Price Inflation) finally edged below 6% for the first time in more than a decade. City analysts see no immediate reason why The...
About Bill Blain
Golden Oldie
Will China ever be as investible as the West?
Originally published July 2021. “Let China Sleep. When she awakes, she will shake the world…” This Morning: The media is full of China noise – does the rising tension mean it may...
The Analyst
Outside the Anglosphere
This writer supposes there must be a world out thereworth investigating… Some day, anyway. 2022 has been a frenetic year for markets – watching the Truss debacle bring down the...
Investor's Notebook
Space is big business
And the UK needs to become a real player This was a disappointing week for the embryonic British space industry when the first ever launch from the UK ended up with a big splash...
Golden Oldie
To infinity and beyond…
Originally published 16 March 2021. Being a child in the 1960s was Utterly Brilliant. It was all so exciting – because we all knew we were going to space. The theme music from...
Golden Oldie
The Olympics is a great example of the UK’s soft power
Originally published November 2021. The UK’s success at the Tokyo Olympics has been a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dismal dank summer. The feel-good effect could be long term...