21st July 2021
“Videos posted on social media showed security agents and groups of soldiers beating up demonstrators on Sunday. Protesters ripped up portraits of Fidel... Read More >
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22nd July 2021
Last week, I went to an airport. This was my first time since February 2020 – a period of over 500 days. I felt both excitement and trepidation at... Read More >
22nd July 2021
Could this provide a ‘Goldilocks’ scenario?
Economic commentators and central bankers seem at last to be taking inflation risk seriously, rather... Read More >
22nd July 2021
The biggest risk a business faces is having bad management. That’s according to Warren Buffett in his latest shareholder meeting.
I agree. Assessing... Read More >
21st July 2021
Originally published January 2021.
In 1929, when an American congressman compared England’s longest river unfavourably with the Mississippi, the MP... Read More >
20th July 2021
The Church of England has confirmed plans to apologise to UK Jews for medieval antisemitic laws, put in place centuries before the church itself... Read More >
20th July 2021
We always get slightly nervous at REFIRE when Germany goes all bullish on the stock market. It's not that we don't believe in the stock market as a source... Read More >
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20th July 2021
Originally published winter 2019.
A player’s three-dart shooting average offers a clear metric that can be analysed to reveal the best strategic... Read More >
19th July 2021
The vintage watch market saw extraordinary growth over the past decade, with more and more collectors becoming drawn into the field. It’s easy to... Read More >
19th July 2021
Originally published January 2021.
The way we educate our school-leavers needs to change.
I can recall being staggered, when first working in the US,... Read More >
19th July 2021
Shopping centres and offices are the surprise front-runners in the REIT scene.
In the spring edition of The Property Chronicle, I ventured to suggest... Read More >
19th July 2021
“Let China Sleep. When she awakes, she will shake the world…”
This Morning: The media is full of China noise – does the rising tension mean it... Read More >
15th July 2021
In this very special series of exclusive articles for the Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary... Read More >
15th July 2021
If you are reading this, congratulations on surviving the latest Independence Day festivities, which our society somewhat arbitrarily celebrates on 4 July.... Read More >
14th July 2021
Originally published October 2019.
So, I have recently indulged in a return to the vodka bottle. Now there's a line I never thought I'd write in my... Read More >
14th July 2021
Originally published March 2019.
The early history of the Caribbean (and especially Barbados) is well told in the book Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker.... Read More >
