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Apple Bonds hide a secret..

Blain’s Morning Porridge Feb 2 2020: Apple Bonds hide a secret.. “Adam ate the Apple, and our teeth still ache.” …

Bill Blain
February 2, 2021

Yoorp’s Big Bond Bonanza
April 14, 2021
Europe’s plans for a €1 trillion bond programme will create a single US Treasury scale market, but who agreed it? The big risks are the imperfect non-democracy’s funding programme will magnify political volatility, while empowering bad political deals.Read More »
Investment Guidelines for the Zeitgeist Market
April 13, 2021
The outlook for the UK looks rosier as pubs reopen, vaccinations beat targets, and the economy grows. But, how should investors be looking at markets when financial assets already look overpriced, and there are clear bubble risks ahead? It’s a matter of staying calm, reading the runes and understanding the markets new mindset!Read More »
The Great Transition: Monetary hopes to Fiscal reality
April 12, 2021
How long can markets party on like there is no tomorrow? The thing is – there always is and the hangover is bound to hurt, which is an apt metaphor as English pubs reopen today ! Markets need to prepare for the inevitable consequences of the big transition from 12 mixed years of fairly useless monetary experimentation to a future …Read More »
Greenwashing the ugly truth about Oceans
April 9, 2021
Seaspiracy is a shocking, flawed, yet critical film. It should set the market thinking about what sustainability really means, addressing how we skirt the real issues on climate change and environmental degredation. It should provide a much-needed kick up the a**e to box-ticking ESG investment stupidity.Read More »
Buy, Eat, Buy, Sleep, Repeat?
April 8, 2021
Markets are priced for perfection in a very imperfect world. As stocks hit new highs, are the bulls or bears correct? Politics are likely to be the major influence on where we go next, but lurking around the next corner might just be inflation.Read More »