Markets: Dazzled And Confused?
Financial markets are never easy to trade, or even to rationalise. However, the current environment is a proper head wrecker. My senses are being bomba…
Time Is Money, No Really!
I don’t know. Maybe it has been the three funerals in three consecutive weeks which has tipped me into a bout of introspection. Thankfully, the departe…
Tiger, Tesla, Trillions And Tantrums
Something has changed. Elon Musk’s personal wealth of $250 billion just surpassed the market value of the 130 year old Coca-Cola Company. Think Coke is…
Not-Fast-Thinking Risks Missing The NFT Banking Asteroid
I missed it again. In July I wrote about venture capital funding chasing hyper-growth stories in “Thinking, Fast and Faster” but now I think there’s a …
Five Funding Pitch Tips For Start-Up Founders
I must confess to a bout of envy as I wallowed in the dark early morning waters of the Forty Foot this week. What exactly was there in the 2022 Budget …
The Biggest Cyber Crime Target In The World
So, you thought a Chinese real estate implosion was a big threat to the world economy? Yes, Evergrande missed another bond payment this week which does…
Red Hot Chilly Preppers
Red Hot Chilly Preppers I thought my eyes were deceiving me again and this time I wasn’t even watching a Conservative Party Conference speech from M…
The Big Squeeze
This feels different. It can’t even be blamed on Brexit. Yes, the UK continues to provide the best tragi-comedy headlines with Kim-Johns-Un’s rocket am…
The Imperial Measure For Economic Failure?
Apparently, Britain will revert to the Imperial system of measurement as part of “new Brexit freedoms”. And, before you howl at a script more becoming …
Celtic Tiger Survives As Protected Species In China
What a strange week. The governing Conservative Party in the UK has raised taxes to levels not seen since WWII and the Chinese Communist Party is limit…