The Football Factor
August 11 - 17, 2008
“SELL in May and go away”. The old London market adage has never perhaps been more apt. This article is being written on the Costa del Sol, as the author and many others in London take their summer break abroad (sans blackberry), to eat, drink and to close our eyes and hope it all goes away.
Cruel twist in this crying game
July 14 - 20, 2008
CASH is king. There are probably few arguments as to the truth of this from general investors, but never more so than in the current markets.
Mining can wait
June 23 - 29, 2008
IN 1943, psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper on the theory of human motivation in which he put forward the concept of the “Hierarchy of Needs”. While perhaps open to contradiction based on the observation that one tends to rush to the shops or the pub when things get tough, by and large when considered on a global scale, the basic premise is probably valid. We look after our needs before our wants.