I thought bull markets were supposed to be fun and exciting and champagne everywhere. This one doesn’t feel like that does it? Another day of limping reluctantly higher (Stoxx 600 +0.35%) and the only excitement here was Courteney celebrating his 30th birthday with some extra spring rolls to go with his City Caphe special. Yes […]
So that’s half term done and the real work starts here. Nine weeks to go to maintain performance in a market where – despite the All Time Highs – performance is anything but a given. A cursory glance at the last few days shows a month end squeeze becoming the start of a seasonally driven […]
Clocks went back this weekend which in theory means it gets lighter in the morning. After a gluttonous weekend I chucked on the running shoes and decided to run into the office…no evidence of this new hour of light and like always, I didn’t get the whole way in. Luckily I plan the route alongside […]
Having to dress up for a Halloween dinner tonight and that is something that comes high up in the things that I look forward to least each year. It did get me thinking however – if I needed to dress up as the scariest/most worrisome part of the market what would I dress up as? […]
When I joined Redburn, one of the first things that caught my eye (aside from the excellent research, trading capabilities and snack fridge) was the yellow baggy hats strewn around the office. I enquired and found that they belong to a few lucky individuals that have been selected over the years to represent the Redburn […]
There are various days throughout the calendar where on the surface there is a lot happening but underneath markets decide they prefer to sit back and take stock of things. Today was one of those days. Rishi Sunak’s time to shine came and apart from planning to simplify alcohol duty, which is good news for […]
As a Scot, one of my earliest memories is of my father driving past petrol station after petrol station, tension running high, with the fuel tank edging further below the “empty” line as he just couldn’t quite justify paying motorway prices when we were 20 miles from home. We always managed to get home, I […]
Thanksgiving a bigger deal in the Quick house than most UK families with an American wife very keen on her pumpkin pie and creamed spinach casserole. Family getting together and eating too much – it’s essentially Christmas without the presents isn’t it. There is a chance that we should all embrace the concept. Firstly – […]
Come on Sajid – let’s keep things niiiice and calm. No need to panic. The UK Health Secretary due to speak shortly to give us a Covid update. Let’s hope it is to tell us what our pharma team published this morning – namely that yes cases are moving higher (let’s not use the word […]
So if there’s been a positive to the last 18 months or so it’s the amount of times that equities have actually reflected what is going on in the real world. So often there’s a dislocation between the world outside and the stock market but when one of our best analysts (and the competition here […]