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The Look
About 25 years ago, I was giving a speech at my father’s 65th birthday party. There were seventy or eighty people at the dinner and, as Dad was a pla…
3 years, 6 months ago
Silver the cheap precious metal that could be set for a multi-week rally
US inflation numbers came in on Tuesday at 8.3%.
The markets were expecting something lower – after all, the oil price had fallen back, not to mentio…
3 years, 6 months ago
How to be happy
I’m as guilty of this as anyone, but many of us make life more difficult than it needs to be. Achieving basic happiness, or at least avoiding what de…
3 years, 6 months ago
Will Liz Truss as PM mark a turning point for the pound?
“Pound crashes to weakest level since 1985 in blow to Truss” ran the headline on the Telegraph website yesterday.
“The Bank of England had one job tod…
3 years, 6 months ago
How heavy? and other matters
Morning All,
A slightly admin-y email today.
First up: How Heavy? - the surprisingly popular "lecture with funny bits" I did at the Edinburgh Fringe th…
3 years, 6 months ago
A new global reserve currency in the making - and the west is asleep at the wheel.
My apologies if you have received this twice. Cock up at HQ.
Over a Zoom call earlier in the week, I heard some people discussing the “Russian Davos”…
3 years, 6 months ago
An eternal lesson for investors from a ill-fated silver mine
While on holiday in Sark this week, I stumbled across a book in the local post office: “Silver Mining On Sark” by David Synnott, which describes an i…
3 years, 6 months ago
Talking free cities with Peter Young
A interview in today’s programme with a highly eloquent young man, Peter Young, of the Free Cities Foundation. Peter discusses China (he lived there …
3 years, 6 months ago
A New Addition to The Flying Frisby
There have been some developments behind the scenes at The Flying Frisby, which are going to add considerable value.
In addition to my own contributi…
3 years, 6 months ago
The US dollar is rising to dangerous levels
After a month or so of welcome respite, the dreaded US dollar has got stronger again.
It really is the scourge of everything.
Stockmarkets have been w…
3 years, 6 months ago