| Peter Sharkey
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association with Hansells,
solicitors and financial advisers.
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| Diary of a punter |
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Many investors spend a long time studying macroeconomic trends to identify (and invest in) stocks likely to benefit from longer-term structural or economic change.
12 May 2008
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I spent a couple of days in Birmingham last month, during which I visited a pal who lectures at Aston University.
As I waited for him outside the main university buildings, it was impossible to miss the major construction project under way.
05 May 2008
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Economic history might not have the same, almost grandiose, feel to it as its political or military cousins, but for those of us with an interest in financial affairs, it is certainly no less fascinating.
28 April 2008
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Confidence in our financial institutions and structures is essential; should they suffer severe debilitating cracks which affect their foundations, there could be enormous implications for us all.
21 April 2008
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Lunching with a senior manager from the gaming industry in London last week, our conversation turned to the so-called "celebrity tips" proffered in newspapers by well-known sporting characters prior to major sports events.
14 April 2008
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A couple of years ago, my wife and I decided to sail from Plymouth to Santander on Spain's northern coast for a short holiday.
31 March 2008
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Anecdotal evidence is a notoriously shallow foundation upon which to build an argument or, worse still, an investment strategy, but if conversations I've had with several business owners over the past fortnight or so are indicative of how the economy is performing, perhaps we had better flee now before the really big storm arrives.
24 March 2008
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There is little doubt that an aura of pessimism soon pervades stock markets whenever things are not going well and investment risk is seen as having potentially damaging (as opposed to beneficial) side effects.
10 March 2008
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Considering the sustained and widespread clamour for dramatic action by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) it was hugely significant for investors that interest rates barely moved recently when the august body last had an opportunity to cut them.
25 February 2008
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Over the past century, UK property ownership has gradually ratcheted up, from 10pc in 1914 to just under 70pc today.
18 February 2008
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According to a famous academic paper first published in 1991, a clear, well-founded investment strategy is ultimately much more important to longer-term returns than the types of security selected by investors.
11 February 2008
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