stock market Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/stock-market/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:45:48 +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 stock market Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/stock-market/ 32 32 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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]]> Uncertainty and wobbles on global stage https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/10/23/growth-slows-amid-global-uncertainty/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12055 Some really positive news from the Middle East at last. Whatever you think of him, well done President Trump for being the catalyst – time to move onto Russia in earnest now.  Let us hope that this awful conflict will also be over very soon now. Sadly, economically at home, unemployment rises, wage growth slows, […]

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]]> ‘Unexpected’ inflation really wasn’t https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/07/26/inflation-rise-is-not-unexpected/ Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:35:20 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11913 So we have been greeted with an ‘unexpected’ 3.6% inflation and unemployment rising at the same time that vacancies are diminishing (the lowest since Covid). Anyone reading these eshots and realising the increases in costs on employers would not have seen these two things as ‘unexpected’ at all.  Indeed, perhaps the Government should subscribe to […]

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]]> Market rises and speculation https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/06/15/market-rises-and-speculation/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 10:32:31 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11266 So I was premature last time – Nvidia is now ‘worth’ more than Apple. Are the lunatics running the asylum, as speculative fervour has truly taken hold… there we are – the psychology of markets – I mean the masses? That’s not ‘investment’ – it’s sheer speculation, flows of money and the fear of missing […]

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]]> The politics of investment? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/06/07/the-politics-of-investment/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:45:56 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11252 So the Dow Jones pushed up again, breaching 40,000 and almost double its March 2020 pandemic low. At the depth of the financial crisis in 2009, it was 7,062. Still, you know my sentiments in the short-term here… what possibly could go wrong over there? How are investments similar to politics? Well, here’s one. Over […]

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]]> Sterling efforts in some quarters https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/25/sterling-efforts-in-some-quarters/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:59:13 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11102 It hasn’t been noted prominently anywhere but despite recent slippage, Sterling had been quietly moving forwards. It has been at the highest against the US Dollar since July last year; a few more cents and it will be the highest since April 2022. It even pushed higher against the Euro too, its highest since August […]

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]]> Encouraging end to a volatile 2023 https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/19/encouraging-end-to-volatile-2023/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10986 Well, a nice Christmas Present of buoyant markets and some grand increases for several of our core holdings. Indeed, even today at the time of writing, of the FTSE350, of the major movers upwards to greet the morning, we have 11 of the strongest 12 – that must be a record for us… there is […]

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]]> Keep your powder dry and let the worm turn https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/06/global-markets-keep-your-hea/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:02:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11039 As a Firm we send out regular newsletters to our clients to keep them up to date with global markets, world events and of course how ‘we’ (and they) are doing in terms of their investments. So this week we wanted to share just a little of our November newsletter to highlight the importance of […]

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]]> Autumn market musings https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/11/12/autumn-global-market-musings/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:27:55 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10926 I am going to be signing-off for a few weeks now for a much-needed proper break, (excluding Christmas) the first since July last year, so am completing an eshot just before I disappear. Of course I shall be keeping more than a wary eye on things and especially the markets (the joys of global internet […]

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]]> Negative markets but a good PJM average https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/10/05/financial-markets-negative-turn-good-pjm-average/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10882 The 15th anniversary of Lehmans’ collapse passed on 15 September. Aren’t memories short – the world’s whole financial system could have imploded (and really Lehmans shouldn’t have been allowed to go – and liquidity could have been used – its demise exacerbated the problems). The financial downturn was the worst since the Great Depression. There’s […]

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