June 27, 2022 Inflation and Interest Rates Steal the Show In the white-hot crucible of a market sell-off, it is perhaps wise to step back and look at the bigger picture. Here we attempt this quite literally: the below is the graph of the Standard and Poor’s 500 index, over the last 10 years from mid-June 2012. The S&P 500…
Of Wars and of Prices Because of the uncertainty brought along by the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in late February 2022, we have been reluctant to put pen to paper. Reticent we were, but the time has come. Thus far, this good year of Our Lord 2022, has been anything but calm and placid: it’s been volatile, with market-moving…
Inflation and Interest Rates in the US of A Well, the time for ginnentonix and lazy afternoon naps has come and gone. We hope 2022 brings happy times and much excitement. The graph below is of the S&P500 over the last 24 months. The bull run from the bottom of the Covid dip on 23 March 2020 is evident. Since…
The Douglas Adams Edition Well, 2021 has come and gone for all practical purposes. The year has not been without its challenges. It is the nature of the beast. The schools are about to close. Any parent’s nightmare until mid-January 2022. No wonder Douglas Adams’ jinnentonix (and maybe a variety of other interesting refreshments) are served from about midday throughout…
Never a dull moment we tell you. My father, (bless his soul), always used to say (with reference to himself, or so I have always assumed), “there is no rest for the wicked”. But never a dull moment indeed. The graph below is that of the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index over the last ten years. We have written…