There has been much talk of late in the investment world about the move out of so-called ‘growth’ stocks and into ‘value’ companies. The catalyst for this has been the now established trend of...

They say you never forget a good teacher, and I would attest to this. I can certainly remember the ones that enthused me through their own love of their subject. But I learnt some of my most...

Last weekend a friend asked me what I think about when I’m out on my bike. After a couple of moments’ reflection, I replied by saying what I like about my time pedalling along the country lanes of...

The criticism levelled against the Government’s recently launched British Energy Security Strategy suggests it bears all the hallmarks of what I call ‘definition deficit’. Definition deficit can...

“All staff to receive £120.00 per month cost of living allowance until further notice”. So read the eye-catching headline of a post I came across on social media this week. It got me thinking and...

Last week’s Spring Statement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak did not go well for him. As he sought to take aim at the so-called “cost of living crisis”, subsequent reaction suggests he ended up shooting...

“People, Ideas, Machines – in that order”. Such are the words widely attributed to US Air Force fighter pilot Colonel John Boyd, who went on to become an acclaimed military strategist. Boyd’s words...

There are times when I wish I had been a fly on the Board Room wall. One of those occasions would have been when P&O Ferries concluded they needed to make 800 staff redundant, and they were...

There are some days you never forget. For me, one of them was the first day of my MBA course when I was introduced to my Syndicate Group: the team I would be working with for the following ten weeks...

On the 17th February this year European insurer Allianz published a press release saying it was “to book a provision of €3.7 billion in the financial statements 2021”. The charge related to pending...

The events unfolding in Ukraine are as deeply saddening as they are concerning. Just two days into the conflict it is evidently impossible to see how it will develop and ultimately conclude. At such...

Are there certain sectors of the economy that are so important they should always be kept in public ownership? This question is simultaneously ideological, practical and emotional. In the UK the...

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, so the saying goes. In other words, it is better to have the benefit of something today with a high degree of certainty, than it is to have more of the...

In July 2012 Simon Griffiths spent 50 uninterrupted hours on the toilet. As one of three cofounders of Who Gives A Crap he vowed not to move until he had crowdfunded the AU$50,000 they needed to...

What I’m about to say it so obvious it may not need stating, but it provides context to what follows so I shall say it anyway. When you buy shares in a company you are not providing that company...

I think it’s time we (re)nationalised all utility companies. You probably think I’ve “gone a bit Jeremy Corbyn” but bear with me. Yesterday I received the news that the second of my two energy...

You could be forgiven for not having heard of ‘Beeple’, but in March last year he sold one of his works of art at auction for $69.3 million. What might surprise you is that Beeple’s “Everydays - The...

In 2022 I have resolved to stop monitoring the amount I drink. Just over three years ago, concerned that I was drinking a little too much after watching an excellent documentary presented by Adrian...