Category: Business

Razzle Dazzle

It’s about two years since I was made redundant and, you’ll be pleased to know, that there’s not much to reflect on. Oh yes there is, just one thing.

High Returns

Monday morning, back to business. Recent posts have tended to concentrate on shares that offer prospects of capital growth and low income. Older posts looked more at high income. I have returned to looking at high income investments.

EU Turn?

The complexities of leaving the EU left me bewildered and confused. There seemed no answers to a myriad of questions and problems. Now I see what is going to happen.

More Jottings

Fulham Palace Road is not Bond Street so it was an unexpected pleasure to bump into Kate Cambridge yesterday morning. She was driving with a male passenger (bodyguard, I suppose) accompanied by the Special Escort Group, deploying their whistles. We haven’t had such excitement since the Queen Mother’s funeral cortège came along the Talgarth Road. 

Jottings

Various bits and bobs come up that don’t merit a post to themselves.

Jeeves in the Offing

  Trevor was in the offing until his retirement in March and now Alistair has taken his place. They are brokers at Investec and lurk discretely in the background, like Jeeves.

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Mood of the Meeting

Lassitude seems to suit me. A few essential tasks are within my grasp but nothing else gets done. This all started when I got sanglier flu in France.

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Capability Brown

My brother continues to enhance and extend the gardens at Barmeath. There is a new summer house in the walled garden, new beds and paths and a maze. He is a latter day Capability Brown.

Japan

The Japanese economy has been stagnant for the last thirty years. The Nikei 225 index was briefly above 38,000 in 1989; today it is about 20,000. Unsurprisingly my previous forays into Japanese stocks have not ended well. However, when I wrote recently about Emerging Markets a reader commented that Japan was worth a look too.