03/19/2012
Have you noticed how the speed of corporate ageing seems to have been rising exponentially - corporate histories seem to have an ageing process worthy of various characters out of a Rider Haggard ripping yarn.
03/19/2012
You are about to experience the most unbelievable week in America ever, and we have to prepare for the absolutely worst case,Dimon told his staff..
03/19/2012
BMO Harris Private Banking today released its latest market commentary report, Equities Advance as Fears Ease. The report notes an improvement in the outlook for the eurozone and a continued advance in global equity markets.
03/15/2012
It seems that economic strategy has shifted from fostering growth to shoring up government finances.
03/15/2012
Does it make sense for longer-term investors to hold government bonds when better yields are available from dividends?
03/14/2012
Earlier in the week, writing for the Business Spectator website, Turnbull launched into a very silly call for Australia to launch a sovereign wealth fund.
03/13/2012
The research claims that even though Britons are three times richer than they were in 1952, and UK GDP has dramatically increased, so has the Government's budget deficit.
03/12/2012
So just how many company finance initiatives do you think we have?
03/09/2012
It’s hard to feel too sympathetic for wealthy financiers caught behaving badly. But considering the stress of the job, and simple statistics, it shouldn’t be too shocking to hear of Wall Streeters stabbing a cabbie or defecating in public. Mor
03/08/2012
Here’s the big irony: if a mansion tax is to be sustainable year by year rather than simply bleeding a section of society, then it has to rely on continuing economic growth.
03/07/2012
Buffett, in his annual letter to shareholders last month, said investors should avoid gold because its uses are limited and it doesn’t have the potential of farmland or companies to produce new wealth.
03/07/2012
We believe the potential for negative events in Europe will keep the euro on the defensive against the dollar and sterling, but the downside looks limited in the near term given investors in general are already broadly holding negative positions.
03/06/2012
it’s becoming the chosen vehicle for many investors who demand more than just financial growth from their money.
03/05/2012
Just when Europe might be congratulating itself on heading off imminent disaster, the threat of soaring crude prices looms over world economies again
03/05/2012
Investors seemed to react not to what the Fed President said, but rather to what he didn’t say. However, the sell-off was short-lived and today silver has been clawing its way back.
03/05/2012
Well we shouldn't complain
03/02/2012
HMRC pushes back
Following breaches in the Banking Code of Practice on Taxation, retrospective tax legislation is to be introduced.
02/27/2012
The growth figures may be insipid, the headlines may seem dour...
There are some positive dots that we can join together when looking at the UK economy, which when viewed as a connected string, is beginning to show a slightly more creditable and credible pattern.
02/23/2012
10 Thinkers That Executives Actually Listen To
These guys all made the "Top 50 Business Thinkers" list, put out annually by The Thinkers50 and facilitated by consultancy Crainer Dearlove.
02/23/2012
Signs of opportunity among the wreckage of European equities - Coutts
Although we remain cautious regarding exposure to European equities in general, selective opportunities may be emerging, as long as global central banks maintain the easy- money stance that is helping to fuel appetite for risk.