New Year reflections: Looking ahead and a tip
Will there be a New Year bounce?
This really is a Happy Christmas and a very prosperous New Year! I promise this is my last epistle till 2023.Are we going to enjoy the traditional Christmas and New Year bounce? It’s not encouraging and the portents aren’t favourable but some year-end rebalancing may just give us some good news. Otherwise,...
Happy Christmas and on to the next chapter
A snapshot of what we do as wealth managers
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...
Should I sell my US Tech stocks?
So according to Refinitiv, the drop in US markets has seen $3.5trillion wiped-off the ‘Faang’ stocks plus Microsoft (with $250billion last week alone). Yes, that’s primarily the US Tech leaders including Facebook (Meta) which has plummeted. That’s a third off this year – ouch. Thankfully we stuck to our guns and have had...
Latest in the Blue Planet saga
Shark-infested financial waters
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me… I’ve passed the 37th anniversary of sitting in my tiny home office in Georgeham wondering ‘what had I done’… however, those thoughts didn’t last too long, even with numerous trials and tribulations since! There are no regrets and indeed, some of those first clients are still...