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Once more the polls have produced a result few of us could have predicted. Markets don’t like uncertainty and there is a heap of it about now, yet the reaction was…
Amid the arguments between Conservative and Labour politicians over their respective proposed new arrangements to fund later-life social care, James Hambro & Co financial planner Charles Calkin offers some words…
When Jean-Claude Juncker made his comments about Theresa May following the now infamous dinner at Downing Street, it was interpreted by many here as a strong signal to Britain that…
“May Week was in June” was the title Clive James gave to his memoir of life at Cambridge University. This sprang to mind as MPs voted to support Theresa May’s…
“How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?” – Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The term Irrational Exuberance was first coined by Alan Greenspan…
Does politics matter? As Theresa May triggers Article 50 and the debate fires up once more on the pros and cons of Brexit, it is easy to feel anxious. Don’t!…
New inflation figures for February show CPI inflation rose to 2.3%. That’s a hike of 0.5% in just a month and the first time the Bank of England’s 2% target…
Philip Hammond cracked some good jokes at the expense of his Labour counterparts but millions of self-employed and small business owners were probably not much in the mood for laughing afterwards.…
The weak pound may make many of the UK’s most iconic brands susceptible to foreign takeover bids in the wake of last month’s £115bn bid by Kraft to buy Britain’s…
You worked hard to create your wealth, so choosing someone to manage it is not easy. If you are looking for a wealth manager or reviewing your existing arrangements, we…
Equity markets are difficult to judge at the moment, with many on record highs, but one which stands out as more compelling than most is Japan, where the price/earning ratio…
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