gilt bonds Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/gilt-bonds/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:29:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png gilt bonds Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/gilt-bonds/ 32 32 SpaceX debut sees wings clipped https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/07/07/spacex-soars-then-falls-after-flotation/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:28:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12344 Well, SpaceX debuted and rose very considerably in those early days, adding fortunes to Elon Musk’s fortune, before then falling a cool $1trillion the following week before rebounding slightly. This isn’t ‘investing’ but well done him and others for capitalising on this global tech feeding frenzy which doesn’t understand the difference.  Here at home, we […]

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]]> PM resigns – will uncertainty reign? https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/06/26/will-economy-improve-with-starmer-resignation/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:28:43 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12329 Goodbye Sir Keir, hello tomorrow. Sadly, I fear he won’t be missed greatly and with negligible legacy to remember though we must recognise that any such change creates opportunity for uncertainty. It may seem that a certain new MP is crowned without competition. We can then only hope he will have better economics than the […]

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]]> Unexpected growth in economic area https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/06/06/economy-grows-but-one-swallow-does-not-make-a-summer/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:50:09 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12318 Shockingly (as we weren’t expecting it!) but the economy grew 0.6% in the first quarter – not quite sure how! Apparently, it was ‘services’ primarily. So, the extra 0.1% over what was expected is being headlined by the Government as wonderful news but sadly one swallow does not a summer make. On the same day, […]

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]]> Market chaos silver lining https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/04/18/oil-stock-slump-has-silver-lining/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12280 Good afternoon. Early days but the agreement to a ceasefire was much welcomed by the markets. It is an odd world when sometimes you are grateful that some of your assets fall in price, because they were the hedges against other things you have been holding.  So, when oil and energy stocks slumped last Wednesday […]

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]]> Hunting for safe havens https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/03/25/where-are-the-safe-haven-funds/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12254 Where are all the safe havens? As the markets slip, even gold and silver fall (though as I have kept saying, they have been too dear anyway and ‘alternative safety’ assets need always to be cheap to start). Not that we’re chartists but the charts for those two have boded very badly indeed. We have […]

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]]> Silver prices surge https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/15/silver-and-gold-prices-surge/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12164 I am still reeling from Silver’s 130% increase in 2025. Gold was a mere 53%. And yes, it has continued – £1,000 of silver on 1/1/25 is now £2,960 – I am becoming speechless. We have trimmed some of ours but still hold over £3million but as noted, we can’t hold it any longer as […]

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]]> 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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]]> Is the economy in good hands? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/18/is-the-economy-in-good-hands/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12122 So we enter a new era with Labour ‘less trusted on the economy than Liz Truss’ Conservatives according to the last YouGov Poll. Indeed, the descent of the Labour dream seems to have been as sharp as the fall in YouGov’s share price now somewhat sorry for itself too and like Labour’s fortunes.  I predict […]

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]]> Toothless Budget lacked real drive https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/04/toothless-budget-lacks-real-drive/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12108 For readers here, the biggest pieces of good news were what she didn’t do, such as attacking pension tax-free lump sums or tax relief on contributions, no lifetime Inheritance Tax on gifts or changes to present allowances and no changes to CGT. We did our best to discourage people from taking their cash from pensions […]

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]]> Stamp duty shenanigans dent confidence https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/09/11/rayner-stamp-duty-row-dents-confidence/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11997 Interesting times with politics and Stamp Duty shenanigans. They all affect investor sentiment too and confidence and upsets are not helpful. I do feel slightly sorry for Angela Rayner on this one in that one relies upon those completing the process to know what Stamp Duty to pay but of course if they were told […]

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