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On Holiday: So, Farewell to all that…

One simply can’t ignore a bleeping email. So much for being on holiday, but this week I will simply observe and repeat: please don’t break the market while I’m out!

Holiday
Bill Blain
October 13, 2021
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Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 27 2020 – How will markets look?

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 27th 2020 “The vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his…

Bill Blain
April 27, 2020

The UK crisis: Questions that Must be Asked: How was it allowed to happen?
September 27, 2022
The UK confidence crisis is not over yet. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is saying nothing, hoping for stability. The Bank of England finds itself providing top cover by its willingness to hike rates. The Treasury Select Committee should be asking what advice the OBR, Treasury, The Bank of England and the Gilts Office gave Kwarteng.Read More »
The Everything Sell Off – Triggers and Consequences
September 27, 2022
Global Markets have nosedived – the UK’s confidence crisis is one trigger alongside rising recession risks, crashing consumer spending and host of indications we ain’t near done on higher interest rates as inflation becomes embedded into economies and dollar strength continues unabated.Read More »
The UK’s Monumental Policy Mistake – how bad will it get?
September 26, 2022
What a mess. Kwasi Kwarteng’s Special Fiscal Operation failed to stabilise UK markets and has zero prospect of driving growth. The new government stumbled at the first jump. How bad will it get? What are the implications? Who is next for the Chancellor’s job?Read More »
Changing the narrative, one lie at a time
September 22, 2022
The biggest crisis the West faces may not be the challenges of energy, confidence, inflation and growth, but restoring trust in the narrative by cutting out the disinformation planted by our enemies. Time for some leadership.Read More »
The New Truss Trickle-Down Economic Plan Won’t Work, But Might Boost Markets
September 21, 2022
The new Truss/Kwarteng grand plan to create a UK High Growth High Wage economy boils down to trickle-down economics, which simply don’t work. They won’t restore the economy, but they may, perversely, boost markets.Read More »