In this week’s bulletin: Global equities resumed their upward path last week as investors put to one side the worries over Greece and took heart from further signs of a brightening outlook for the US economy. The relative strength of recent market performance masked another week of twists and turns in the ongoing Greek...
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The Devil’s Deal
Brilliant, aggressive, flawed are words which only begin to describe the hero and the villain of Richard Lambert’s first brilliant novel. Weaving his extensive business experience into the story you are led through the exciting world of small company finance in a masterful way.
Calm Down Dave
In 2010 David Cameron lost an election which, according to the author, "he should have won hands down"
In 'Calm Down Dave' Tony Drury provides overwhelming evidence for his reservations about the Cameron led 'liberal lurch' of the Conservative Party.
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US and European equity markets retreated from recent six-month highs
This week’s Bulletin: US and European equity markets retreated from recent six-month highs as concerns over Greece re-asserted themselves. Greece’s lenders are demanding more cuts to this year’s budget plus a written pledge that politicians will adhere to the cuts irrespective of the outcome to the upcoming elections. Despite violent protests by Greek workers,...
a team of negotiators flew out to Athens for talks
In this week’s bulletin: Despite 2012 being only three weeks old, the FTSE 100 has delivered its best start since 1989. However, a cloud still hangs over equity markets where many private investors are concerned. Over the weekend a team of negotiators flew out to Athens for talks over plans to wipe out up...
Positive economic data from the US gave a boost to markets last week
In this week’s bulletin: Positive economic data from the US gave a boost to markets last week, encouraging hopes that the world’s largest economy was still on track to grow at around 2.5% this year. In Europe, successful government bond sales by Spain and Italy also went down well with investors with both auctions...
2011 is probably a year most investors wish to forget
A Happy New Year to you all. Our first Market Bulletin of the year includes: 2011 is probably a year most investors wish to forget; one which witnessed high volatility amidst the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and left global markets suffering from crisis fatigue. However not all asset classes suffered – high quality government...
China’s property market is in the spotlight
In this week’s bulletin: Disappointment over the failure of the US Federal Reserve to announce a further programme of quantitative easing overshadowed better than expected US unemployment data, the number of Americans claiming benefit fell to the lowest level since 2008. There was good news on the inflation front for the UK where the...
China reduces level of bank reserves
In this week’s bulletin: Global equity markets enjoyed one of their best weekly rallies in over two years last week with most major indices up around 7%. The gains followed two weeks of losses and came after a group of the world’s Central Banks announced a concerted package of help to increase liquidity for...
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Goodbye Dave
Tony Drury's first book in the trilogy about the new direction of the Conservative Party, where Tony reveals his very personal reasons for leaving the party after 30 years of dedicated service to it.
In his own unique way Tony is able to capture the mood of many in the party and he has had the courage to put it in print. Along the way he adds many fascinating experiences and anecdotes.
"Goodbye Dave" is a 'must read' for anyone with any political interest.
