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David Buik

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Chancellor Reeves needed some sprats to catch those enviable mackerels

Chancellor Reeves needed some sprats to catch those enviable mackerels

10 January 2025, 16:09 | Updated: 10 January 2025, 17:35 By David Buik When PM Jim Callaghan & Chancellor Denis Healey called in the IMF to bail the...

11.01.2025 1

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Confidence, sentiment and stability provide the springboard to growth

27 December 2024, 09:43 By David Buik By April 2024, it became obvious, barring any unforeseen accidents, that Labour would win the forthcoming...

28.12.2024 5

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Global equities have performed well in 2024; However, the FTSE 100’s efforts have been woeful

16 December 2024, 07:45 By David Buik Considering the demanding imponderables that global investors have had to circumnavigate throughout a year of...

17.12.2024 5

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An amazing performance of global equities, despite imponderables

25 November 2024, 14:38 By David Buik Considering the demanding imponderables that global investors have had to circumvent throughout a year of...

25.11.2024 4

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At last, UK bank shares rise like the phoenix from the ashes!

28 October 2024, 09:59 By David Buik UK bank shares, after having spent the best part of fifteen years in the ‘doldrums’, have risen like the...

28.10.2024 1

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The government has all it’s ducks in a row— Let’s hope the content of the budget does not spoil the party!

14 October 2024, 07:17 | Updated: 14 October 2024, 07:19 By David Buik Regardless of any reader’s political persuasion, few can have been impressed...

14.10.2024 20

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The UK seems obsessed with focusing on inflation, whereas the fed is dealing with labour market issues & growth

23 September 2024, 09:48 | Updated: 23 September 2024, 09:54 By David Buik Despite a few metaphorical bumps in the road, the ‘good and the great’...

23.09.2024 1

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Sentiment and confidence are very influential weapons

10 September 2024, 15:01 By David Buik Regardless of all political persuasion, and despite a parliamentary majority of omnipotent proportions, it...

10.09.2024 2

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Markets on both sides of the pond face imponderables - but what goodies will fall out of the Chancellor's Pandora's Box?

30 August 2024, 11:38 By David Buik Considering the months of July and August are supposed to be focused on annual family holidays, revelry, the...

30.08.2024 1

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US Economy's Astounding Two-Week Recovery: All Eyes on Jackson Hole for Central Bank Insights

19 August 2024, 14:48 By David Buik Just over a month ago, many observers will recall that the second quarter US earnings season was falling short...

19.08.2024 1

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What a roller-coaster ride the Nikkei 225 has had in the last 40 years!

5 August 2024, 14:15 By David Buik With the NIKKEI 225 having taken a serious larruping today – down 12.4% at 31458 and down 25.49% since 11th...

05.08.2024 2

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Does the US stock market sell-off signal a recession, or is it just a natural adjustment?

4 August 2024, 09:45 By David Buik Since the turn of the year, the focus for US equity investors has been in the world of technology and the...

04.08.2024 1

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