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Market Update 30th August 2022

News: 30 August 2022

Doubtless by the time she is confirmed as prime minister next Monday, Liz Truss will have a plan for how to deal with energy bills that precious few will actually be able to afford to pay. This is one of those rare occasions when a sticking plaster has to be found.

Market Update 22nd August 2022

News: 22 August 2022

Market Update 1st August 2022

News: 01 August 2022

Market Update 25th July 2022

News: 25 July 2022

One thinks of a first time holiday-maker trying to steer a canal boat: having veered towards one bank of the canal, the natural reflex is to over-correct and drive straight into the other.

Market Update 18th July 2022

News: 18 July 2022

Market update 11th July 2022

News: 11 July 2022

Market Update 4th July 2022

News: 04 July 2022

Why is it not compulsory for every new build to have solar panels? It is because we, and almost every other country, actually do not take climate change seriously.

Market Update 27th June 2022

News: 27 June 2022

The root of double-digit inflation is not what has happened over the past three or four months. What we are seeing, in gardening terms, are the leaves, the fruits and the flowers of plants sowed long ago.

Market Update 20th June 2022

News: 20 June 2022

Inflation will come, and it will go. Interest rates will rise, and they will fall again. Prime ministers and presidents will be here today and, if I may say so, gone tomorrow (to borrow Robin Day’s wonderful expression). All the time, though, the world will keep warming.

Market Update 13th June 2022

News: 13 June 2022

Mrs Johnson’s lip-read commentary on the Jubilee Pageant is a slightly far-fetched illustration of why it is likely that we have yet to see the worst of current markets. Nonetheless, it is still a relevant encapsulation of why equity markets are still falling.