Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Spare a thought for poor Mr Pennycook, Labour’s new housing minister. Before we do that, however, we should congratulate him on being the longest serving housing minister in the last 14 years. Well, if you count his period in opposition, that is. Let us all hope that this continuity will enable...
The dividing line between Sunak and Truss has been economic policy. Sunak has tried to paint himself as the frugal guardian of the nation’s wealth, with the implication that...
It spoke volumes of her promised fiscal approach ‘on becoming’ PM that Liz Truss cited Professor Patrick Minford as an ‘endorser’. Then, in light of revelations of just how far...
The radical history of Australia’s property market. Skyrocketing property prices and an impossible rental market have seen growing numbers of Australians struggling to find...
Europe sweats over the future of Russia’s gas supply. The invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and the nearly five months of war that have followed have reminded many European...
How to avoid a widening gap. Investors and occupiers are increasingly prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials as part of their appraisal process for...
Post-Covid, life has not yet reached the new normal, according to this writer. Some readers will know that I relocated from Hong Kong to the UK in early March. I have to say that...
A look at how accurate predictions proved to be. If my thought process at the beginning of the year was ‘Buy the Discounts’, the corollary was to ‘Sell the Premiums’. Doing the...
UK borrowers may see the return of larger, longer-term loans as the government plans a comprehensive review of the mortgage market with the aim of boosting access to finance for...
The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just...