Friday, 23rd of August 2019 “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Marcus Annaeus Seneca ________________________________________ Stock markets were in recovery mode this week, paring back some of the heavy losses sustained since the US-China trade war took a t...
Friday, 16th of August 2019 “Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” – Adam Smith ________________________________________ Panic has continued to spread throu...
Friday, 9th of August 2019 “ You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ________________________________________ Having enjoyed a brief interlude of relative calm so far this summer, markets have been roiled by the sharp re-escalation of US-China trade tensions in the ...
Friday, 2nd of August 2019 “Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” – Steve Wozniak ________________________________________ Equity markets witnessed a twin-legged sell-off this week. The first came on Wednesday evening after Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced the first po...
Friday, 26th of July 2019 ““Hell is truth seen too late.” – Thomas Hobbes ________________________________________ Stock markets were up modestly this week as the FOMC meeting scheduled for 31 July approaches. The Wednesday meeting of Fed officials holds out the promise that US i...
Friday, 19th of July 2019 “I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.” – Sophocles ________________________________________ Equities reverted somewhat this week after an underwhelming start to the Q2 earnings season and on the news that US-China trade talk...
Friday, 12th of July 2019 “Could you imagine having Sleepy Joe Biden…as your President, rather than what you have now, so great looking and smart, a true Stable Genius!!” – Donald Trump ________________________________________ Equities continued to climb this week as central bank...
