BA dispute highlights increasingly harsh world for unskilled workersLondon Briefing: It has been said that British Airways is principally a pension fund with a relatively minor business, called…Wed Aug 24 2005 - 01:00
Japanese stocks may at last be a good betSerious Money: The Japanese stock market has witnessed several false dawns over the last 15 years - at least three according…Fri Aug 19 2005 - 01:00
Broad perspective gives London global advantageThe battle for ownership of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has hotted up again with the announcement that an Australian investment…Wed Aug 17 2005 - 01:00
Online shopping and terrorism conspire to put brakes on economyLondon Briefing: Police and other forms of security are becoming more evident every day, but last Thursday, like the previous…Wed Aug 10 2005 - 01:00
Earnings reports show analysts have been too pessimisticSerious Money: Energy and telecoms are key sectors where US companies are beating expectations, suggesting correlative European…Fri Aug 05 2005 - 01:00
Interest rate cut may lead to sterling slumpLondon Briefing: True to form, one or two, er, non Anglo-Saxon commentators have leapt on the economic slowdown in the UK as…Wed Aug 03 2005 - 01:00
Renmimbi flotation is good news for equitiesSerious Money: In the end, it turned out to be a bit of a damp squibFri Jul 29 2005 - 01:00
Rule changes let Gordon Brown slip tax noose, but his luck may not holdLondon Briefing: And with one bound he was freeWed Jul 27 2005 - 01:00
GE is a good single stock bet on US marketSerious Money: General Electric (GE) of the US is the world's largest companyFri Jul 22 2005 - 01:00
'Business as usual' for London's financial services industryLondon Briefing: The only bomb that I can recall being near was the IRA device that exploded close to Harrods during the Christmas…Wed Jul 13 2005 - 01:00
Restructuring makes Germany attractive betSerious Money: Despite some weakness on the back of high oil prices, European equities have been having another good yearFri Jul 01 2005 - 01:00
UK's healthy economy has cure for Europe's employment woesLondon Briefing: One of the many cultural differences between Britain and France is how they pronounce the euro.Wed Jun 29 2005 - 01:00
Children's fairytales could teach Europe a few lessons on sharing and caringLondon Briefing: The old children's tale about the emperor with no clothes is all about the inevitable decline of societies …Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
Risk-averse investors should stay away from tech stocksSerious Money: When is the right time to buy technology stocks? From a conventional, analytical point of view, is there ever…Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:00
Tackling debates about the US trade deficit conundrumSerious Money: Some of the most famous names on Wall Street have failed to agree on the significance of bond yields.Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:00
Battle-lines over what EU means are becoming more obviousLondon Briefing: The battle-lines for the next phase of the great European debate have been drawn.Wed Jun 08 2005 - 01:00
Wembley fiasco another own goal for UK's infrastructureLondon Briefing: The headlines were as inevitable as the cost over-runs: "The Curse of Wembley Strikes Again".Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Growth stocks may be in line for a comeback as PE ranges narrowSerious Money: On one of those financial TV channels the other day, somebody asserted that every stock in the world is now on…Fri May 27 2005 - 01:00
Burgeoning EU takes annual tilt at UK rebateLondon Briefing: It's European budget time again, which means the EU will begin its annual exercise in futility and ask Britain…Wed May 25 2005 - 01:00
It's worth taking a bet on alternative investmentsFor those one or two of us who have been impressed by the quiet way in which corporate Germany has been restructuring itself …Fri May 20 2005 - 01:00
European labour markets are poor model for UKLondon Briefing: There is probably only so much bad news that the British consumer can takeWed May 18 2005 - 01:00
Fear to tread where fools won't goSerious Money: Most people involved in the investment world will always try to benchmark their own views against what "the market…Fri May 13 2005 - 01:00
Slowdown will play havoc with Brown's funLondon Briefing: The news on the UK economy has suddenly started to deteriorate in a way that will alarm Gordon Brown and strike…Wed May 11 2005 - 01:00
Buffett's letters should be required readingSerious Money: The old market cliché tells us that we should sell in May and go away until St Ledger's Day, but how reliable…Fri May 06 2005 - 01:00
Mind the gap: rich-poor divide bodes ill for UKLondon Briefing: One or two of us were very nearly astonished the other day when Tony Blair appeared to give a straightforward…Wed May 04 2005 - 01:00
It's time to be realistic about property valueSerious Money: Not unreasonably, several readers have challenged me to justify the assertion, made in last week's column, that…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Divisions between Labour and Tories have disappearedHow do you turn £500 billion (€735 billion) of public spending into a soundbite? How do you differentiate your spending plans…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Stocks will outperfrom property over five yearsSerious Money: Perhaps it should have come as no surprise, but the response I received to the most recent Serious Money piece…Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Planned tax rises take their toll on consumer sentimentLondon Briefing : One of the few times I have had a face-to-face row with an ex-Cabinet member happened a couple of years ago…Wed Apr 20 2005 - 01:00
How to find out if your fund manager is a dinosaurSerious Money: The advent of the euro was thought likely to have many profound effects on domestic financial marketsFri Apr 15 2005 - 01:00
Wastage of public spending may aid ToriesLondon Briefing: Tony Blair has repeated his belief that "education, education, education" is the key to Britain's economic …Wed Apr 13 2005 - 01:00
New pension bill among Blair's 'radical' election plansLondon Briefing: With Tony Blair's announcement that the phoney war is over and the general election campaign is officially …Wed Apr 06 2005 - 01:00
Current asset price bubble more likely to deflate slowlySerious Money: The current malaise in bond markets is having inevitable knock-on effects on other important asset markets, not…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
Gullible consumers still fall for 'snake oil' scamsLondon Briefing: Schemes designed to rip off consumers have been around for as long as anyone can remember and most of them …Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
UK bank s may look cheap, but this is as good as it getsSerious Money: Financial companies of one sort or another, but usually some kind of bank, have grown to the point where they…Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Finances take centre stage in election campaignLondon Briefing: This year's UK budget, due on March 16th, is attracting even more attention than usual.Wed Mar 09 2005 - 00:00
More winners than losers in first year of tipsAs Serious Money reaches its first birthday it is appropriate that we look back on some of our investment recommendations - warts…Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Inflation creeping back onto the radar screenSerious Money: Is inflation about to make a comeback? If so, how should investors act to minimise potential damage to portfolios…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Inflation creep adds to fears that UK interest rates have yet to peakLondon Briefing: The Bank of England has managed to pull off something that many of its detractors said would be impossible: …Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Case for Europe is more than economicLondon Briefing: Despite the fact that there are probably many young adults who wouldn't have a clue what the letters ERM stand…Wed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Reinvention keeps City vibrant despite its harsh environmentLondon Briefing: The financial district of London, the "City", is relatively small in terms of geography (although a bit bigger…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Brown's fiscal sums are not adding upLondon Briefing: Gordon Brown is starting to get a bad pressWed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Livingstone's strategy is turning London aroundLondon Briefing: According to a recent survey, nearly one in five Londoners could not name Ken Livingstone as the capital's …Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Cooler housing market still has hot spotsLondon Briefing: The British housing market continues to send conflicting signals.Wed Jan 19 2005 - 00:00
Tories spurn opportunities to damage LabourLondon Briefing: One of the great mysteries of the British political scene is the failure of the Conservative Party to take …Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
Chancellor's luck may run out as economic tide gets set to turnLondon Briefing: Gordon Brown has one attribute (and probably only one) that we can all envy: he is luckyWed Dec 29 2004 - 00:00
Lloyds has great faith in its customers' ability to repay mortgagesLondon Briefing: Lloyds TSB has lent British households around £70 billion (€100.8 billion) in the form of mortgagesWed Dec 22 2004 - 00:00
News has run away from newspapers and gone off to join the webLondon Briefing: One of the striking changes experienced by the financial district - the City - over the past few years is the…Wed Dec 15 2004 - 00:00
Telemarketers turn off customers when they invade privacyLondon Briefing: Many people in the US and Canada rarely answer their home phones unless they recognise the number displayed…Wed Dec 01 2004 - 00:00
Model worker works hard, works long, works American London Briefing Chris JohnsApart from a deepening political and social divide, there is an increasingly shrill debate over the relative strengths of the…Wed Nov 24 2004 - 00:00
