Lots of discussion by those around me today of how they will now be “stepping in in size” to buy their Euromillions tickets ahead of the £164m jackpot tomorrow having “held off” for the last few weeks. Maybe the £133m last time wasn’t enough for them. Who knows. Big numbers certainly the theme of the […]
A lot of hype around this evening and what may lay ahead, a lot of pressure on a team of individuals to get it right, one of the biggest moments of the year thus far and when all is said and done and with apologies to my colleagues in Madrid, I’m backing Man City to […]
Dull but changeable is the outlook for the weather this week and markets could be described in a very similar manner as traders shook off the delightful torpor of a long weekend (Stoxx 600 +0.53%) and steadied themselves for what could be indeed be a changeable market ahead. The Fed meeting tomorrow the obvious starting […]
Whisper it but today felt a bit more…..normal. Tubes back to normal. Cheapside bustling and busy with queues out the door at lunchtime in most places. The Redburn office as busy as it’s been in two years. Some of my team letting themselves down with a MaccyDs breakfast after a client night out. All as […]
Today was a day for Equity purists. A plethora of names all hitting the tapes both pre market and a splattering throughout the day letting us know how they were coping in these challenging times. Having taken a backseat compared to the macro moves of late, markets were on the whole benign enough for single […]
Back in the Snapshot hot seat after two weeks away spent mostly eating fried chicken and jambalaya with my BMI now mirroring the UN Food Price Index as it breaks out to All Time Highs. Let’s hope moobs are the hot trend for summer. Huge thanks to Messrs Willson and Morrison for stepping in and […]
Another tricky weekend for Man United fans and another tricky start to the only non-bank holiday interrupted week in a 4 week stretch. Additional lockdowns and restrictive measures in China and other parts of Asia combined with fears of aggressive rate paths from the west came together to cause a broad sell-off in European markets […]
A few weeks ago I was quite upset by the news Cadbury was shrinking the Dairy Milk to curb inflation and I came to the conclusion I’d rather they increase the price rather than make it smaller but maybe that’s just me. Having grown up with Freddo’s at 10p and looking back at one twitter […]
Two and a half weeks into parenthood and from what I thought was a position of no knowledge I started to realise that a career as a sales-trader has given me quite the head start. The early rise feels very normal, her feed cycle is remarkably similar to mine and learning on the job and […]
Here at the Daily Snapshot we take inspiration for our write ups in any form we can, and this morning I found myself looking to the heavens for some divine inspiration, and suddenly, ‘BOOM’, there is was (see below).. So, the Easter Bunny originated amongst German Lutherans with the “Easter Hare” originally playing the role […]