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		<title>Markets, US highs and ongoing uncertainty</title>
		<link>https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/05/06/markets-uncertainty-and-us-highs/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Just for a change, it is very difficult to interpret what is happening at the moment and to note the effects on markets. I say that tongue in cheek as of course, it is always difficult and when it appears that it isn’t, that is when complacency can preface an upset, so beware! The US [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/05/06/markets-uncertainty-and-us-highs/">Markets, US highs and ongoing uncertainty</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>Global uncertainty but spring is here</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to spring and longer days (with all the clocks springing forward too). It’s always lovely to see new life bursting forth, oblivious to everything else happening in the world and ever was it thus. In this we have something to appreciate, regardless of all the geopolitical traumas or indeed personal afflictions which may be [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/04/04/spring-arrives-amid-global-uncertainty/">Global uncertainty but spring is here</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>Is the economy in good hands?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip J Milton &#38; Company Plc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/18/is-the-economy-in-good-hands/">Is the economy in good hands?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>Welcome to our new clients</title>
		<link>https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/24/clients-new-and-old-very-welcome/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip J Milton &#38; Company Plc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to welcome a number of new clients bringing funds to our fold – thank you very much indeed for the confidence expressed and looking forward to having you in our Elite Club! We don’t take ‘just anybody’, either! We guarantee one thing – that we shall try our best [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/24/clients-new-and-old-very-welcome/">Welcome to our new clients</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>What the Chancellor should be saying in a pre-Budget speech…</title>
		<link>https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/12/chancellor-gives-pre-budget-speech-joke/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip J Milton &#38; Company Plc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We try not to do politics in these columns but following headlines suggesting Chancellor Rachel Reeves may well become the first to increase Income Tax in 50 years in fact (breaking manifesto pledges in the process), we had a little go at envisaging her speech before the November 26 Budget. (The following is tongue in [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/12/chancellor-gives-pre-budget-speech-joke/">What the Chancellor should be saying in a pre-Budget speech…</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>A message from the Chancellor&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/07/chancellor-pre-budget-speech/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip J Milton &#38; Company Plc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Good afternoon. I have just returned from a relaxing and much-needed break which took us to bustling Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. Yes, I took the computer though the inbox defied my occasional review so apologies if you are still awaiting my reply! I returned to an unexpected speech from our Chancellor. I should like to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/07/chancellor-pre-budget-speech/">A message from the Chancellor&#8230;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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		<title>A bad Budget for business?</title>
		<link>https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/10/31/was-the-budget-2024-bad-for-business/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip J Milton &#38; Company Plc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Budget. I suppose we can say ‘it wasn’t as bad as it could have been’ (as inferred previously that perhaps the snowstorm of released rumours was designed to frighten everyone witless) but there were some very nasty things in there impacting many people. I (nor independent commentators) don’t think she needed to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/10/31/was-the-budget-2024-bad-for-business/">A bad Budget for business?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.miltonpj.net">Philip J Milton &amp; Company Plc</a>.</p>
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