“What have we got ourselves into here” said one of the three wild Bison to her two younger comrades as they stepped foot in the Kent countryside to become the first Bison to roam wild in the UK for 1000’s of years on the same day mercury tips 38 degrees. Timing is everything. My busier […]
Well we said yesterday that winter was coming but I’m not sure anybody was expecting it to start within twenty four hours of the note. Especially not in this heat. Downside worries for the euro, industrial assets and banks all playing out today as a miss from JP Morgan (-5%) in the US kicked earnings […]
So the question on my mind (and possibly Courteney’s) is whether the Snapshot should take a summer holiday too. August on the beach? Back refreshed and raring to go in September? Pina coladas all round? The one thing stopping us doing that (other than our innate professionalism) is that these markets are not stopping for […]
So it’s not that I’m counting but in 88 hours and 25 minutes time I’m due to be taking off on holiday for my two weeker. Not to St Tropez (for the A-listers). Not to Bodrum (for the hipsters). Not even to my own Greek Island (for the bankers). Nope. 14 days at the in-laws […]
So it’s getting quite fractious out there. Different camps forming. Some people with very strong views, others huffing that they’re all the same so what’s the point even talking about it. Yes – the What’s the Best Rosé of Summer ‘22 debate is upon us. I’m very happy to hear your favourites. Whispering Angel at […]
Right my goodness there’s a lot going on. Where to start. Where to start. Let’s start with China who sparked some life into this market mid-morning on reports the government were mulling $220bn of stimulus via “unprecedented” bond sales. All the usual China plays ripping on that but the details slightly more nuanced given it […]
You gotta love PMQs haven’t you. Not quite the punch up that they have in some of those Eastern European parliaments but a decent hour of verbal sparring nonetheless. “There’s so few of you left, it’s like the Charge of the Lightweight Brigade” and “this could be the first example of the sinking ship leaving […]
Those of you who know me probably wouldn’t peg me as a union man and I’d have been inclined to agree with you until Mick Lynch – the straight talking leader of the RMT – popped onto the scene a couple weeks ago. You may not agree with his politics but you have to admire […]
“Happy Second Place Day” said my (American) wife today. That’s the traditional greeting she gives me on July 4th which I usually shrug off cos I’m bouncing out of the door with one eye on a midday meet up on a terrace somewhere for a nice long – ahem – business meeting. But on a […]
In your head when did Covid start? I’d say the main punctuation points for me were the first rumblings in Dec 2019/Jan 2020 through to the Cheltenham super-spreader event in March and then Boris closing the pubs and sending us home at the end of that month. So end of Feb you could say it […]