market trading Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/market-trading/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:55:45 +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 market trading Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/market-trading/ 32 32 Trump inauguration and UK economy https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/01/21/trump-sworn-in-uk-economy/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:55:42 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11612 Well, despite record low temperatures for a presidential inauguration so the event is moved inside, over here spring is in the air with new bird song, Albert the Peacock’s beautiful train almost complete, bulbs are showing and snow drops are emerging. Let us hope for good things to come and a great summer! In the […]

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]]> Portents and opportunities for 2025 https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/01/12/2025-gets-off-to-a-bad-financial-start/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:32:46 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11594 I am afraid the portents have turned badly for 2025, here at home at least. We are reacting on investment strategies with enough good news stories to help against the negativity and don’t forget the UK was and is very cheap to start, so there is a protection cushion there regardless to make us somewhat […]

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]]> Don’t be hasty! Taking stock after 2024 https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/01/09/2024-review-and-looking-to-2025/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:39:07 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11589 A Happy New Year to all readers of this column and we hope you can look forward to a positive and productive 2025. Our latest ‘eshot’ to clients has provided a brief snapshot of how we have been performing for them during the past year and some of our success stories, so we felt they […]

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]]> New Year greetings and 2024 review https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/01/06/happy-new-year-and-2024-review/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:29:08 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11584 Happy New Year to you all. I hope that you have had a restful, positive and reflective Christmas break. Let’s see what the New Year will bring to us all. Some of the themes remain the same and I want to share optimism going forwards but cannot avoid the inevitable warnings about certain excesses too, […]

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]]> Christmas greetings and market movements https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/24/christmas-greetings-and-market-movements/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11573 Good afternoon – a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year! Ahead of us we have our traditional Christmas Eve lunch before closing-down for the break. It was my Father’s birthday too and he used to be treated in exchange for doing our annual PAT… I hope that you have a lovely break and that the […]

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]]> Don’t be a superstitious pigeon when it comes to investing https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/12/20/dont-be-superstitious-pigeons-when-market-trading/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11569 It’s probably fair to say that many of us have ‘superstitions’ that govern our actions, at least on a superficial level and it was demonstrated in pigeons in the last century! For example, this could be wearing a ‘lucky shirt’ on game day for those who play various sports or perhaps weddings, which are rife […]

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]]> 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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]]> US election effects on the UK? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/11/09/us-election-effect-on-uk/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:21:04 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11477 So some amazing news from across the Pond. I say this in that the pundits were all predicting a rather different outcome and hence why we are amazed at what really happened. Whether you like ‘it’ or not, the people of the US have spoken and who are we to criticise or be disrespectful at […]

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