PJM Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/pjm/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:11:40 +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 PJM Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/pjm/ 32 32 Happy Christmas and on to the next chapter https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/12/16/happy-christmas-and-the-next-chapter/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:57:11 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10375 Well, I think that all which remains is to wish all our supportive readers a very Happy Christmas and dare I suggest a prosperous 2023. It’s certainly not been an easy 2022 and the Ukraine War is still over-shadowing so much and causing such grief but we must pity the poor Ukrainians and indeed the […]

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]]> Good news for client accounts https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/08/18/interest-rates-inflation-client-accounts/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:08:39 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10230 Well as expected, the Bank of England increased rates by the ‘biggest amount in 27 years’. It’s a tad disingenuous to say that 0.5% is ‘that’ but there we have it. And now headline inflation hits 10.1%, so I suppose in traditional economic terms the BOE will increase rates again (whether it is the right […]

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]]> Natural income, expensive homes and farewell Neighbours   https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/08/03/markets-natural-income-expensive-homes/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:04:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10214 Well it’s been better news on the markets these last few weeks, following the dismal conditions up till then. There is some dreadfully attractive value out there though. However, for the UK and underpinning our mantra regarding ‘natural sustainable income’ from your investments, dividends are holding-up really well. There were some large one-off payments last year, but […]

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]]> Political shenanigans & stable UK markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/07/12/markets-reaction-boris-johnson/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:27:22 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10200 So I grab a week’s trip to visit our daughter in Malta doing a four-week Elective in the Valetta Hospital and I can’t trust you to look after our Prime Minister in that time. I don’t know. The markets and currency have been most resilient – as an ‘uncertainty’ about the possible ongoing uncertainty is […]

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]]> Interest rates go up, some markets go down https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/06/21/interest-rates-go-up-some-markets-go-down/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:38:22 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10185 Well. The world is a changed place, economically. The US has raised interest rates by the biggest one-day sum for 30 years but let’s not lose perspective – that is 0.75%pa.Our own rates have also risen 0.25% and the markets are saying ‘not enough’. This is after the lowest rates since the Bank of England […]

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]]> Ups, downs and in the dog house https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/02/18/investment-funds-in-dog-house-pjm-news/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:23:33 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10069 I was pleased to hear Australia’s second wealthiest man, Andrew Forrest, is starting a criminal prosecution against Facebook for taking money from scammers and then publishing their adverts.It will be wonderful if the case succeeds and then compensation could be the next course for all those who have lost billions. It is not right that […]

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