2023: Outlook for the World Economy and Markets
Hay Hill Wealth CIO Stephen Dowds and Investment Director Charles Armitage share our outlook for global markets in 2023. "2022 was a...
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eastonmichael2
- Nov 24, 2022
- 1 min
Q3 2022: Economic Review
Hay Hill Wealth CIO Stephen Dowds and Investment Director Charles Armitage review key events of Q3 and share thoughts for outlook ahead....
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eastonmichael2
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
2022: Outlook for the World Economy and Markets
Hay Hill Wealth CIO Stephen Dowds and Investment Director Charles Armitage share our outlook for global markets in 2022. "Central banks...
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eastonmichael2
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
PASSING THE BATON?
After sixteen years, the German political landscape is no longer dominated by Angela Merkel. Well, that may not be quite true, since she...
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eastonmichael2
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
THE HAMSTER OF WALL STREET
Over the last few months, Mr Goxx has been locked in a rigged box, forced to trade cryptocurrencies, streamed live for our amusement....
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eastonmichael2
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
BIDEN’S SLUMP?
Since 1865, only on three occasions has the presi-dent’s party gained seats during a president’s first midterm. Thus, with a major-ity of...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
CIRCLING THE PLANET OR THE DRAIN?
Circling the drain— a colloquial term by doctors, is defined by medical-dictionary.com as ‘a macabre slang term referring to a patient...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
BITCOIN’S MOVING (HOME, NOT PRICE)
Love them or hate them, understand them or not, chances are, that cryptocur-rencies in some form, are here to stay. Much like mar-mite,...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
TRANSITORY EXPECTATIONS
I don’t know how many points the word “transitory” scores in Scrabble, but it certainly scores highly with policy makers around the world...
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eastonmichael2
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
RE-PRICING THE COST OF MONEY
For years after the financial crisis of 2007-08, the world’s central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, pursued highly accommodative...
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eastonmichael2
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU
Opened in 1869, the Suez canal is one of the most important shipping routes in the world. Its easy to see why—a ship passing the 162km...
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eastonmichael2
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
EXPLODING STARSHIP ENTERPRISE?
‘Mars, here we come!’ reads a tweet from Elon Musk in the wake of the SN8 rocket explosion going viral. Elon Musk is no stranger to...
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eastonmichael2
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
FROM A MILLION TO ONE TO 50:50
Last year we were watching a triumphant Boris Johnson sweep to victory in the General Election on the promise that he would “get Brexit...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
WHAT THE TRUCK IS GOING ON?
What’s got no wheels and a market cap of $28bn? Answer: the Nikola Motor Company. Named, coincidentally no doubt, after the same person...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
LOCHABER NO MORE
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been immense, not only in terms of the health, social and economic effects seen over the past few...
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eastonmichael2
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?
WireCard had a rocky journey on its way to the top. Founded in 1999, the company was nearly wiped out during the dot com bubble. In 2002,...
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eastonmichael2
- Dec 23, 2019
- 2 min
BORIS GAINS MOMENTUM
Powered by a surge of English nationalism, Boris Johnson bulldozed his way through Labour’s so-called “red wall” to a 70-seat majority in...
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eastonmichael2
- Nov 4, 2019
- 2 min
(DO) WE (EVEN) WORK?
On this day last year WeWork felt as if the stars had aligned. They were in IPO discussions and the business was valued by SoftBank at...
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eastonmichael2
- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
NOT SO (IM)PEACHY?
Will impeachment happen? What’s the history of impeachment? Do I have to have an extra-marital affair in the Oval Office to get one?...
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eastonmichael2
- Sep 9, 2019
- 1 min
LONG STOCK, SHORT FOREST
Amazon shares at up 20%, Ytd, nearing their all time highs. This success cannot for its namesake the Amazon rainforest. Despite recent...
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