Philip J Milton comment Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/philip-j-milton-comment/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:08:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png Philip J Milton comment Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/philip-j-milton-comment/ 32 32 Global uncertainty but spring is here https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/04/04/spring-arrives-amid-global-uncertainty/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:55:58 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12269 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 […]

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]]> Hunting for safe havens https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/03/25/where-are-the-safe-haven-funds/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12254 Where are all the safe havens? As the markets slip, even gold and silver fall (though as I have kept saying, they have been too dear anyway and ‘alternative safety’ assets need always to be cheap to start). Not that we’re chartists but the charts for those two have boded very badly indeed. We have […]

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]]> Markets continue to wobble https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/03/14/markets-wobble-as-iran-conflict-grows/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12240 Oh dear, more uncertainties afflicting global markets as a consequence of the attacks on Iran and then the ramifications. They are dreadful and for the innocent people involved but as for the financial implications, on capital markets, maybe retrenchment reflects the ‘need’ for profit-taking it seems. This is even discounting unintended consequences, such as a […]

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]]> Uncertainty as US attacks Iran https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/03/03/iran-us-war-sees-oil-prices-rise/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:54:42 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12225 So, early Saturday we awoke to news that bombings had taken place in Iran and the inevitable retaliation as a consequence. The weekend oil price jumped significantly and the world waits to digest the consequences. It is too early to predict outcomes but the hope will be for a short, sharp shock and a return […]

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]]> Dollar doldrums and silver surfing https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/02/13/dollar-down-and-silver-surfing/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:45:45 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12194 Quietly and gently and perhaps almost unnoticed, the US Dollar had been seeing a drift downhill before strengthening again over last week. Against Sterling it has now been the lowest since September 2021, having fallen by over 26% since the Pound’s trough in July 2022. We are not so unhappy as we have currency in […]

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]]> Some growth but inflation bites https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/30/small-uk-growth-but-inflation-bites/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12178 It’s been good to see some economic growth with an unexpected 0.3% figure in November. Services and production rose and construction fell. The results at least counter some of the previous slippage but won’t be giving a great annualised figure regardless – but all helping.  Likewise, whilst we read a colossal 700,000 graduates are unemployed, […]

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]]> Happy New Year for farmers https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/06/happy-new-year-for-farmers/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12147 A Happy New Year. I hope that your celebrations of all Christmas really means was good and joyful and that you have seen-in the New Year with relish! Already the days are opening-out and spring, albeit very cold, is daring to peek through the wintry gloom. What a nice Christmas present for ‘farmers’ with the […]

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]]> Happy Christmas one and all https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/26/christmas-wishes-and-year-reflections/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12136 A very Happy Christmas to one and all! Hopefully you and your families had a lovely day yesterday? Let’s also trust for a settled, positive 2026 with resolution to long-outstanding issues like the Russian aggression against Ukraine and some dynamic and long-term solutions for Israel and the Palestinians. We have had some good economic news […]

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]]> Is the economy in good hands? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/18/is-the-economy-in-good-hands/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12122 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 […]

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]]> Toothless Budget lacked real drive https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/04/toothless-budget-lacks-real-drive/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12108 For readers here, the biggest pieces of good news were what she didn’t do, such as attacking pension tax-free lump sums or tax relief on contributions, no lifetime Inheritance Tax on gifts or changes to present allowances and no changes to CGT. We did our best to discourage people from taking their cash from pensions […]

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