finance news Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/finance-news/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:30:22 +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 finance news Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/finance-news/ 32 32 ‘Goldilocks’ economy is proving elusive https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/09/22/goldilocks-economy-is-a-difficult-balance/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:16:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10865 July saw a ½% slip in our economy, partly to do with the lack of productivity from strikes and partly the weather affecting things like construction. Sterling has been weak too – partly too as a consequence of the expectation that interest rate rises to stem inflation (which is falling dramatically) have come to an […]

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]]> Sad loss of our Queen https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/09/14/sad-loss-of-our-queen-elizabeth/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:04:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10249 The post Sad loss of our Queen appeared first on Philip J Milton & Company Plc.

]]> Good news for client accounts https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/08/18/interest-rates-inflation-client-accounts/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:08:39 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10230 Well as expected, the Bank of England increased rates by the ‘biggest amount in 27 years’. It’s a tad disingenuous to say that 0.5% is ‘that’ but there we have it. And now headline inflation hits 10.1%, so I suppose in traditional economic terms the BOE will increase rates again (whether it is the right […]

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]]> Natural income, expensive homes and farewell Neighbours   https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/08/03/markets-natural-income-expensive-homes/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:04:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10214 Well it’s been better news on the markets these last few weeks, following the dismal conditions up till then. There is some dreadfully attractive value out there though. However, for the UK and underpinning our mantra regarding ‘natural sustainable income’ from your investments, dividends are holding-up really well. There were some large one-off payments last year, but […]

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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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