Private Equity Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/private-equity/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:18:07 +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 Private Equity Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/private-equity/ 32 32 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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]]> Economic ups and downs https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/25/economic-ups-and-downs-inflation-increase/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11030 Just as we think things have brightened, out comes the inflation figure at 4% versus the expected 3.9%. That was blamed on tobacco and alcohol – the latter also as duty rose on wine last autumn, based on alcohol strengths. It is as if the government doesn’t realise that increasing taxes on products increases inflation… […]

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]]> Financial predictions for 2024? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/15/financial-prediction-for-2024/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11016 Ominous Bitcoin So the SEC has approved 11 ETFs which invest in Bitcoin. First of all, don’t worry – we shan’t be buying them. Bitcoin is not an ‘asset’ and has nebulous, proven legitimate value and use. This ‘development’ is added to the latest speculative explosion about ‘AI’ (which of course has myriad applications and […]

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]]> ‘Santa Rally’ on investments points to a more positive Christmas https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/13/will-markets-see-a-santa-rally-for-christmas/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11042 There is hope an early ‘Santa Rally’ for the markets and investments will continue as we roll on towards Christmas. This has been covered in our recent ‘eshot’ to clients and interested parties (if you’d like to sign up, please do get in touch) but we thought it wouldn’t hurt to cover a little in […]

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