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UK rise and Nvidia flying dangerously?

So after a useful catch-up, the UK market has pushed past France to regain top spot in European markets in capitalisation terms. That is also partly following the poorly-received election announcement by M. Macron. However, it should never have lost its status... Inflation comes back-in to descend to the Prime Minister’s target of 2% (well...

Economic ups and downs

Just as we think things have brightened, out comes the inflation figure at 4% versus the expected 3.9%. That was blamed on tobacco and alcohol – the latter also as duty rose on wine last autumn, based on alcohol strengths. It is as if the government doesn’t realise that increasing taxes on products increases inflation......

Do you fall into the 60% tax trap?

Higher earners are being warned not to fall foul of the ‘60% tax trap’ that could eat significantly and perhaps unnecessarily into their earnings. This will not affect everyone, of course, but as of April, the additional rate tax threshold for income tax was reduced from £150,000 to £125,140, dragging more people into the higher...

What does the Autumn Statement mean?

The markets have been steady following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which came as no great surprise in its bid to tighten belts and curb public debt. The Pound did see a slight dip but has remained firm otherwise and that was more to do with what the Dollar was doing than the Pound itself. The budget...

Government turnaround and market opportunities

Well, economics and turnarounds where the Government would be lambasted whatever it did. However, the reversal of the 5% tax cut is purely political as the suggested £0.6-£2billion it raises is a tiny sum of the total tax take HMRC collected last year of £716billion.As an economist and not a politician speaking, I still...

How will the Mini Budget affect your finances?

Markets? We are holding our own reasonably though Mini Budget week was savage and the negativity is continuing. Our hedging Dollar assets rose in Sterling terms and so many ‘value’ equities now are exceedingly attractive, with high dividend incomes.Do we trim some of our Defensive Dollar-based assets now? Growth areas were hit hardest –...

UK rise and Nvidia flying dangerously?

Economic ups and downs

Do you fall into the 60% tax trap?

What does the Autumn Statement mean?

Government turnaround and market opportunities

How will the Mini Budget affect your finances?

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