Michael Metcalfe
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Bearish sentiments dominate
Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God ...
FeaturesThe riot continues
The conquistador Hernando Cortez once said: “We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart only gold can cure.”
FeaturesThe riot continues
The conquistador Hernando Cortez once said: “We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart only gold can cure.”
FeaturesThe yoke of uncertainty
In ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, William Shakepseare describes a February face as “full of frost, of storm and cloudiness”. The turning of the year has certainly done little to lift the mood of institutional investors. After briefly warming to risky assets at the end of 2008, 2009 has begun with ...
FeaturesThe yoke of uncertainty
In ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, William Shakepseare describes a February face as “full of frost, of storm and cloudiness”. The turning of the year has certainly done little to lift the mood of institutional investors. After briefly warming to risky assets at the end of 2008, 2009 has begun with ...
FeaturesAn upbeat Christmas carol
In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens describes his most famous character as follows: “External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting ...
FeaturesHoliday season
In July last year the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit what was then an all time high, closing above 14,000 for the first time. All seemed set fair. Banks were announcing record results, house prices moved inexorably upwards and the former CEO of Citigroup was still cutting a rug. In ...
FeaturesPanic in abeyance
DON’T PANIC, as readers of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy can tell you, should always be capitalised in large friendly letters. If you happen to be holding out a thumb to passing spacecraft whilst hoping to survive on a mere thirty Altairian dollars a day it is doubtless valuable ...
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Has spring sprung?
Frogspawn, tadpoles, catkins, ladybirds, snowdrops and nest-building rooks are just a few signs that spring has sprung early this year. Indeed, some scientists are convinced that the traditional European winter is a thing of the past, such has been the impact of global warming.
