Autumn Issue Twenty Four

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The cyber-attack on British Airways that compromised customers personal and financial data serves as a pertinent reminder of the risk of putting our data online and the sophisticated measures today’s…

Opinions are divided on what will happen next. Many estate agents point to signs that “the market is bottoming out” and that now may be the time to buy. However, a more bearish view is that further…

I have, broadly speaking, two options as to how I might act on this view to make profit; find a friend that is willing to take the other side of my bet, called an over the counter (OTC) wager or to…

According to Savills estate agency an estimated 53,000 buy-to-let properties have been sold over the past 12 months which is the lowest number since 2007.Although the number of new loans approved for…

While investors in the US have been buoyed by impressive economic growth and low unemployment, other parts of the world have been less sanguine over the effects of the President’s actions. Emerging…

The rise of online shopping, combined with broader shifts in consumer values and spending habits, has exposed an overbuilt retail landscape. 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the Company Voluntary…

Such visible instability in Government inevitably leads to talk of general elections and suddenly we’re only one step away from the possibility of seeing the keys to 10 Downing Street in the hands of…

Maintenance capex can be considered the cost of sustaining current revenue and profits for a business. This type of outlay is equivalent to a normal operating expense; such an example would be the…

As part of the support that we as investment managers get, our research team make it their jobs to talk to as many people as possible to try and get the inside track on the issues at heart. Over the…