magnificent seven Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/magnificent-seven/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:44 +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 magnificent seven Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/magnificent-seven/ 32 32 A pre-Christmas snapshot of the economy and markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/12/economy-facing-issues-pre-christmas/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:42 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11522 Well, whilst I anticipate another eshot just before the festivities, it seems apt to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas season, celebrations and relaxing times. The new government will be looking forward to some rest and apt navel gazing over the break. I am sure we shall all be wondering what might ensue from Syria […]

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]]> Record global dividends but is UK honeymoon over? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/04/global-dividend-record-high/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:18:05 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11513 Good news that global dividends paid to investors hit a new record in the third quarter. This was $431billion according to Janus Henderson’s latest research, with 88% of companies increasing or holding their payout rates (84% in the UK, though the overall rate dropped in fact, as miners cut their special dividends from before). Dividends […]

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]]> US election ‘shock’ appeals to the markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/11/14/trump-shock-victory-appeals-to-markets/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:43:03 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11486 There was some amazing news from ‘across the Pond’ last week – ‘amazing’ in the sense that pundits were predicting a different outcome or at least a much closer race and not a conclusive victory for Donald Trump. Regardless of whether we like it or not, or what we fear may happen in the future, […]

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]]> Can you manage your own investments? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/15/can-you-manage-your-own-investments-2/ Wed, 15 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11410 It may sound a good idea to save some money and manage your own investments – why pay ‘all those fees’ for experts when you can do it yourself? Those sentiments can often come back to haunt DIY plumbers or ‘home car mechanics’, who may end up with a worse mess than the initial problem! […]

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]]> Are the ‘magnificent seven’ seriously over-extended? https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/09/07/is-us-tech-over-extended/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:10:24 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10845 An ‘emperor’s new clothes’ scenario could be applied to US tech stocks, which have been highlighted before in this column and we still feel could be living in an unreality bubble. There was a very interesting article by Peter Atwater, an adjunct lecturer in economics at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, in the […]

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