cryptocurrency Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/cryptocurrency/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:26:44 +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 cryptocurrency Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/cryptocurrency/ 32 32 US wobbling subsides – for now https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/03/23/value-elsewhere-as-us-shares-wobble/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:14:50 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11732 Wobbles in the States saw the Nasdaq lose 4% in one day – not much in one sense but the biggest one-day loss since October 2022, all the same. An 890 point drop on the Dow worried people too. Are these very dramatic changes a sign of negativity to come for the US? Remember as […]

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]]> Bitcoin (just don’t!) and serious salary sizes https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/17/bitcoin-just-dont-and-serious-salary-sizes/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11051 Regular readers will know our views on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – a ‘Ponzi’ scheme not backed up by anything tangible and a lesson in losing money waiting to happen for some investors. Nonetheless, it seems the Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees and regulates the securities markets and protects investors in the US, has seen […]

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]]> Financial predictions for 2024? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/15/financial-prediction-for-2024/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11016 Ominous Bitcoin So the SEC has approved 11 ETFs which invest in Bitcoin. First of all, don’t worry – we shan’t be buying them. Bitcoin is not an ‘asset’ and has nebulous, proven legitimate value and use. This ‘development’ is added to the latest speculative explosion about ‘AI’ (which of course has myriad applications and […]

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]]> Happy Easter, good news and why you should avoid crypto https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/04/08/happy-easter-good-news-and-why-you-should-avoid-crypto/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 11:46:54 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10509 I wasn’t going to write so soon but the weather is changing, the spring sun is shining and well, after a rather grim few months I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! The word originated from the pagan goddess for spring, Ēostre but it reflects new life springing forth and the symbolism of […]

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]]> UK tax boost and healthy investments https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/03/02/uk-tax-boost-and-healthy-investments/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:23:04 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10467 So we’re told the Chancellor had £31billion more in tax receipts in January than he expected. So much for forecasts… who’d like to forecast how many forecasters predicted that? It may be very controversial to say so, but Liz Truss and Kwazi Kwarteng were the closest but that’s another story (and their problem was awful […]

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]]> It’s not all doom and gloom https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/07/20/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:38:17 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10208 The candidates are being whittled-down. Different promises are being made and it is clear they can do ‘something’ on short-term economics too. They don’t seem to realise however that doling out cash benefits doesn’t cut the headline inflation rate as does cutting the taxes on the commodities we buy (which then cuts future inflationary cost […]

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]]> Is crypto about to crash and burn? https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/07/08/cryptocurrency-crash-and-burn-fear/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:12:21 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10190 Is it Armageddon for the cryptocurrency market? Recent headlines have shouted that more than $2trillion (yes, trillion!) has been wiped off the value of the overall crypto market following a crash since its high of November last year. Remember, these things are not regulated. That means there are no enforceable rules or protections and as […]

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