Unstable and unbalanced. Not just my family as we get hit with a bout of the Worst Cold Ever that’s been going around but the phrase used by a Chinese government spokesman today to describe the domestic economic recovery as it shows signs of slowing down. I’d say that’s as good an expression as you […]
My turn again, and I can assure you it is a) not back by ‘popular demand’ and b) purely a coincidence that it is the second Friday in a row. I’m off to the NFL game in London this weekend which sees the Miami Dolphins take on the Jacksonville Jaguars, hardly a heavyweight match up, […]
“Bits and bobs”. That’s the most common phrase this week when one of the bosses has wandered over and asked if there’s much going on. Bits and bloomin’ bobs. God this is boring. What happened to Big Move Monday and Turnaround Tuesday and Super Earnings Thursday? We’re back to the bump and grind higher (Stoxx […]
So it’s The October club tonight. The great and the good from the asset management and stockbroking industries plus yours truly. More grey hair than a Vera Lynn concert historically but great efforts being made by the Committee to bring the average age down and stay relevant and over the years they have done some […]
So the official advice from Camelot for if you win tonight’s £184m Euromillions jackpot is to “have a cup of tea with fellow winners to get the best advice”. I’m not going to lie to you – that will not be first on my To-Do list. A day for dreaming and planning really with the […]
Languishing somewhere in a North London charity shop is a pair of lilac denim shorts that I bought in an unsupervised moment of madness last summer. Yes lilac. And yes denim. They looked properly cool on the ASOS guy but slightly – ahem – less cool on me. One look from Mrs Q and off […]
Taken the reins this Friday and, after careful consideration I thought it was best to play it on the safe side rather than attempt to follow in the clever wit and humour that usually enters your inbox just after the European close. Playing it safe a theme of the market today with European indices trading […]
A small glow of nostalgia as I write today’s Snapshot because I’m starting it at 16.39 and making it up by the seat of my pants. What does that mean other than a complete lack of professionalism? Well it’s like the busier, buzzier days of last year when markets actually moved (Stoxx 600 +1.6%) and […]
A little bit of tension in the Quick household at the moment over whether the heating can go on yet. On one hand under official Northern rules it’s allowable as we’re now in October but on the other hand I noticed yesterday that I’ve just ten days left of my fixed tariff with Octopus and […]
One of the great joys of more regularly going to the office is the amount of time you can spend as a team discussing what you’re going to have a for lunch. From the dark days of a cheese toastie on your own all of a sudden you’re back in a world of sushi and […]