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Blain’s Morning Porridge – 27 May 2020: The Power of Headology

Blain’s Morning Porridge – 27th May 2020 – Time to Learn Headology “Mumbled words and weird drawings in old books…

Bill Blain
May 27, 2020

Investing Virus Recovery

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 5 2020: Markets are doomed. Great!

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 5th2020 “He’s so fluffy I’m going to die…” A BBC producer once told me about…

Bill Blain
May 5, 2020

Lockdown Businesses Debt Economy Future Investing Markets

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

Investing Global Growth

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 15 2020 – Keep Buying? TINA

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 15th 2020 “Shoebox in middle of road? Luxury… You had it lucky..” What is the…

Bill Blain
April 15, 2020

Investing Covid

Blain’s Morning Porridge – March 25 2020 – Reasons to be hopeful?

Blain’s Morning Porridge – March 25th 2020 “Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet, being rather silly and Porridge Oats..” This morning…

Bill Blain
March 25, 2020

An Open letter to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Housing Minister Rachel Maclean
March 24, 2023
Outrageous rental increases and the naked greed of professional landlords will result in a dearth of young workers priced out of London. It will destroy the City’s economy and negatively impact the UK even more conclusively than the Luftwaffe, political mistakes, global banking crisis, pandemic or recession.Read More »
Banks, The Fed, Rates, Inflation = A Stagflationary Bust?
March 23, 2023
The Fed tries to be dovish to calm market fears, but banking fears and inflationary threats on the economy may lead us somewhere new: A Stagflationary Bust!Read More »
What next for Banks in wake of CoCo crisis from Credit Suisse and Rising Inflation?
March 22, 2023
Just how vulnerable are banks to further contagion and crisis? With inflation still running loose, central banks still set to hike, while consumer and corporate pressures mount, the banking crisis may only just have started.Read More »
CoCos, AT1s – Proved Right at Last!
March 21, 2023
The “rescue” of Credit Suisse, thereby averting a European banking crisis, is getting less comment than the nixing of its $17.5 bln of CoCo Bonds. I’ve been warning about CoCos since 2011. Finally I got something right!Read More »
The War Between Market Stability and Chaos hots up – How will it play?
March 17, 2023
Central Banks face a mighty challenge persuading markets and depositors the banking system is stable. The war between chaos and order in markets has turned hot. At stake is the stability and future of the global economy. Anyone for the last few choc ice?Read More »