Originally published March 2022. It’s been five years since Neil Turner stepped down from a senior real estate position in the City. He’s been spending time writing fiction, enjoying the Suffolk countryside and the occasional visit back to central London. One recent trip formed the basis of his first article for us that appeared on […]
Last year’s mantra was something for everyone, from duration income streams with inflation-linked dividend growth all the way down to deep recovery hopes in retail. The sector had a very good year, rising by a tad under 30% against the FTSE 100 up by 14%. The best performing shares were in the self-storage and logistics […]
There is an old expression – to drive someone to drink – which means to annoy them to distraction. My favourite version of it is George Thorogood and the Destroyers’, “Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln” (which, now that I have thought of it, I […]
Originally published October 2021. Fine wine markets remain a source of stability in an uncertain world. The Liv-ex 1000, the broadest measure of the fine wine market, delivered a 2.41% quarterly return to start 2021, continuing its steady growth since last May. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines programmes and plans to reopen hospitality sectors formed […]
Originally published November 2021. The art market has historically been subject to generational shifts. Old Master paintings dominated the market until the 1980s, at which point a diminishing supply of great works saw Impressionist and Modern art take over, fueled at the high end by an influx of Japanese collectors chasing masterpieces by Monet, Renoir […]
Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios as well as patients at NHS hospitals across Britain. That he was able to do so without being apprehended, even being knighted in 1990, is […]
Economic research shows that monetary policy works best when conducted by an independent central bank. After Fed chairs in the 1960s and 70s caved to pressure from American presidents, those who followed sought, at least to some degree, to reestablish the Fed’s independence. Until now, that is. Since 2019, the Fed has politicised its activities in virtually […]
Originally published spring 2019. Collectors may be driven by obsession – but are toys also a viable investment asset? There is a big difference between an investor and a collector. The former gives up capital today in the expectation of greater returns in the future. A collector is much less rational. The items being collected […]
Originally published March 2022. Hong Kong’s implementation of draconian Covid policies threatens its status as an international financial hub. This is seen through Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s execution of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘Zero-Covid’ policy amid crippling economic strain and a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections. Lam’s pandemic strategy, compounded with concerns over the National Security Law (NSL), undermines the liberties […]
If certain criteria are met, this writer thinks so. For those who are persuaded that we are still in the early stages of an inflationary resurgence, rather than the mature phase of an inflation spike, the search continues for protective assets. Residential property – meaning the composite of the dwelling and the land on which […]
