Ken Baksh – March Market & Investment Report

March 2020 Market Report  During one-month period to 29th February 2020, major equity markets registered large falls, rising initially and then falling sharply, mainly on growing coronavirus concerns. The FTSE ALL-World Index dropped by 9.62% over the period. The VIX index rose sharply (+160%) to end the period at 46.22, a level reflecting elevated investor […]

Ken Baksh – Quarterly Investment Report Q1 2020

Investment Strategy /Asset Allocation-First Quarter 2020 Any reference to benchmark should be tailored to individual client preference. These could, for instance, be 1) Absolute return based. 2) Cash/ LIBOR/SONIA, or equivalent, based (0.70%). 3) Inflation based. (UK CPI 1.5% November). 4) Index based (FTSE 100, FTSE All-Share, MSCI, S&P etc.). 5) Peer group based (Private […]

Ian Pollard – A Thousand Years Of History, plus #QLT, #DOM, #CCC and #SUN

Today may see the last dying days of a nation whose history was peppered with stirring speeches which matched the mood of the people just at the times when they were most needed, from Agincourt to Shakespeare, the singeing of some minor king of Spains beard, to Waterloo and to Churchill. All men with fire in […]

Ian Pollard – Democracy Died Last Night

A referendum is one of the highest and truest forms of decmocracy. That is why they are absolute anathema to the unelected dictators of Brussels who would not recognise an election if they saw one staring them in the face. That is why the EU demagogues, those of them who remain sober and capable of […]

Ian Pollard: Cloud Cuckoo Land Is Never Empty

2018 was quite a good year for the self important types who could not resist making fools of themselves in the full gaze of the public. The overall group winner of the year award must go to company directors and CEOs who have provided us with endless hours of amusement as they have literally tied […]

Ian Pollard – A Nightmare For Europe

When will they ever learn ? This is the week when European leaders suddenly woke up to realise they had created their own nightmare situation in which they had lost the Brexit argument. The UK was back once again in charge of of Europe. You can humiliate British politicians, they fully deserve it. but what […]

Ken Baksh – October market report…..trickery or treats!

October 2018 Market Report During the month to September 30th, 2018, major equity markets again displayed a mixed trend, rising by 1.19% overall and the VIX index fell. There continued to be an abundance of market moving news over what is traditionally a quieter month, at macro-economic, corporate and political levels. The European Central Bank […]

Ken Baksh: July Investment Report – Bumpy ride ahead…..Hang on to your hats!

July  2018 Market Report During the month to June 29th, 2018, major equity markets displayed a mixed trend, dropping overall and with considerable individual market and day to day variation. There was an abundance of market moving news over the period whether at corporate, economic or political level.  The European Central Bank appeared to become […]

Ian Pollard – Old Year jottings..New Year fears

The city still slumbers on and only next week will it begin to wake up to the first of the disasters which it will have to face in 2018. That will naturally be the Nightmare on High Street as our major retailers also wake up to the fact that whilst Britain was still playing at […]