Christmas Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/christmas/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:26:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png Christmas Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/christmas/ 32 32 Happy Christmas one and all https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/26/christmas-wishes-and-year-reflections/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12136 A very Happy Christmas to one and all! Hopefully you and your families had a lovely day yesterday? Let’s also trust for a settled, positive 2026 with resolution to long-outstanding issues like the Russian aggression against Ukraine and some dynamic and long-term solutions for Israel and the Palestinians. We have had some good economic news […]

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]]> Christmas greetings and market movements https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/24/christmas-greetings-and-market-movements/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11573 Good afternoon – a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year! Ahead of us we have our traditional Christmas Eve lunch before closing-down for the break. It was my Father’s birthday too and he used to be treated in exchange for doing our annual PAT… I hope that you have a lovely break and that the […]

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]]> A pre-Christmas snapshot of the economy and markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/12/economy-facing-issues-pre-christmas/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:42 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11522 Well, whilst I anticipate another eshot just before the festivities, it seems apt to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas season, celebrations and relaxing times. The new government will be looking forward to some rest and apt navel gazing over the break. I am sure we shall all be wondering what might ensue from Syria […]

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]]> Good news to start 2024 https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/05/good-market-news-to-start-2024/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:00:55 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11008 A welcome piece of good news on the last trading day of 2023 – Lonfin, a long-term holding of ours (albeit small overall), has announced that its key connected party, Western Selection, is making a significant cash repayment to shareholders, including Lonfin. This is our 16th piece of positive corporate news in 2023 affecting closed-ended […]

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]]> Happy markets and a Merry Christmas https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/20/merry-christmas-and-buoyant-markets/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11045 We’d like to wish all the readers of this column a very Merry Christmas and hope you are able to look forward to a positive New Year. The markets in fact are proving quite buoyant and we (and our clients of course) have seen some good increases in several of our core holdings. As of […]

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]]> Encouraging end to a volatile 2023 https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/19/encouraging-end-to-volatile-2023/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10986 Well, a nice Christmas Present of buoyant markets and some grand increases for several of our core holdings. Indeed, even today at the time of writing, of the FTSE350, of the major movers upwards to greet the morning, we have 11 of the strongest 12 – that must be a record for us… there is […]

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]]> ‘Santa Rally’ on investments points to a more positive Christmas https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/13/will-markets-see-a-santa-rally-for-christmas/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11042 There is hope an early ‘Santa Rally’ for the markets and investments will continue as we roll on towards Christmas. This has been covered in our recent ‘eshot’ to clients and interested parties (if you’d like to sign up, please do get in touch) but we thought it wouldn’t hurt to cover a little in […]

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]]> Will ‘Santa Rally’ see us to Christmas? https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/08/santa-rally-investments-and-markets-2023/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:31:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10967 I know it is early but I want to wish everyone a really Happy Christmas and New Year break. I shall no doubt repeat the greeting before the date but the preparations are already underway, so enjoy them as best as you can! Let us trust too we shall all continue to enjoy the early […]

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]]> Happy Christmas and on to the next chapter https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/12/16/happy-christmas-and-the-next-chapter/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:57:11 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10375 Well, I think that all which remains is to wish all our supportive readers a very Happy Christmas and dare I suggest a prosperous 2023. It’s certainly not been an easy 2022 and the Ukraine War is still over-shadowing so much and causing such grief but we must pity the poor Ukrainians and indeed the […]

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