Geoffrey Dicks, Sunday Times Last week… …at 5905 the FTSE100 improved 0.9% while the FTSE250 increased 1.3% and the Aim All Share at 810 was up 1.9%. The US S&P 500 closed at its highest level for 10 months as the US Unemployment rate of 8.3% is the lowest level for 4 years ...
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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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Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it …
… is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve’s other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates. Ben Bernanke Last week … … the FTSE 100 at 5852 was -0.8% marginally lower while the FTSE 250 slipped -0.6%. The Aim All Share at 795 improved 1.7%. Inflationary pressure at...
Tackling unemployment in southern Europe is …
… a big challenge and progress would be a bright spot for the World Economy. Financial Times Last week … … the upward trend accelerated with the FTSE 100 improving 2.9% to 5901, the FTSE 250 increasing 3.5% and the Aim All Share at 781 was 2.3% ahead. There are reasons to be...
Traveling East away from the maturing west there is abundant and thrusting economic capitalist life
Last week… …the FTSE improved 0.1% at 5733.45 while the FTSE 250 increased 0.3% with the Aim All Share at 764, raising 1.2%. UK GDP, before adjustments for mild weather, strikes etc. contracted -0.2% for the Dec Quarter. The BOE’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged was unanimous although there were no hints of...
As January goes so goes the year
Stockmarket Proverb Last week… … the FTSE 100 at 5363 declined -0.2%, with the FTSE 250 improving 2.1% and the Aim All Share up 3.28%. The Eurozone Credit Rating downgrades on Friday may have affected the FTSE 100 but there were downgrades on specific FTSE100 stocks. Improving news came from America where unemployment...
Pretty well every bit of economic data we have had recently surprised on the upside…
…. The earliest soundings on the economy are provided by surveys for example in the UK the Purchasing Managers Index survey rose from 47.7 to 49.6 in December. Sunday Times Last week… …stockmarkets started 2012 positively and the FTSE 100 at 5649 improved 1.6%. In a relative way, bad news is discounted so...
“If we had no Winter, the Spring would not be so pleasant; if …
… we did not taste Adversity, Prosperity would not be so welcome.” Anne Bradstreet. Last week… …the FTSE 100 at 5529 was 0.4% lower. The FTSE 250 was -1.7% lower while the Aim All Share Index at 700 was hardly changed. No clear market driver emerged from the plethora of events; the Eurozone...
What is needed is a swift Treaty to change budget disciplines …
… and debt control in the Eurozone to create a legally enforceable fiscal union. Angela Merkel Last week … … the FTSE 100 increased sharply up 7.5% to 5552. The FTSE 250 improved a pacey 6.9% while the AIM All Share at 702 increased 4%. Markets benefited from Central Banks boosting US and...
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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.
