Financial Betting Articles

Midnight Shopping

(23/2/2009)

Those who read my ramblings last week will be familiar with the ongoing saga that is my boiler. The good news dear reader is that it was (finally) fixed last week and so I had the luxury of jotting down this incoherent nonsense in the warmth of my own front room. The bad news is that I have no...

Is it me?

(17/2/2009)

A crash course in mechanics found me Saturday morning attempting to repair a damaged engine pump. Intrigued that I had swapped my usual Monday – Friday suit for a pair of oiled dungarees my neighbours couldn't help but be impressed as I passed on my knowledge of the problem (albeit ad verbat...

Fun Management

(10/2/2009)

I had a very interesting insight into fund management last week. Not all fund management, but certainly one big name.

The short version of the meeting was that I found myself, well, trapped with some chinless bore as he told me about some property pension fund he was setting up. Fair e...

There's no business

Obummer

Toxic Poisoning

Smarter Than The Average Berra

2009 Market Predictions

That Was The Year That (Really) Was

You can fool the people all of the time

Hindsight is 20/10

Going South

My Credit Crunch Rescue Package

The Obama Index

The Bottom

This Time It Isn't Different

No one knows anything

Ask Not What The Economy Can Do For You...

The Ex Factor

Anarchy in the UK

How To Avoid A Credit Crunch

The Line In The Sand

Freddie and Fannie To The Rescued!

We've Never Had It So Bad...?

Lay Lady Lehman Brothers

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Wish you were here

Divorce In The Time of Cholera

It's the end of the world as we know it

Get ready Freddie

ChoiceOdds: Big in Hollywood

All Hands On Deck

The Silence of the Lambs (to the slaughter)

Three Things

There will be blood

Deep Throat

Wall Street. Bigger and Better

Happy Mondays

The Truth Drug

Market Phone Calls

Bush Nationalises Personal Debt!

With apologies to Edward Lear, his Owl and his Pussycat.

Crucial rate decision looms

Exciting Times for the Markets

Bear Stearns woes shock the markets

Is the Budget ready Darling

Rate decision trickiest in months

Positive UK banking results

Banking results

Bank sector results give window of credit crisis

Interest Rate decision for Bank of England

Financial Markets still Rocking

Fear of US Recession causes Market Turmoil

UK interest rates held in January

A Fresh New Year

Christmas Greetings

MPC Rates Decision Key Influences

Interest Rate decision hangs in the balance

Northern Rock Drops Oil Rises so what next for the economy

Bank Shares Suffer as Macro Gloom Gathers

BoE and ECB Interest Rate Decisions

Markets still uncertain about long term economic outlook

Fiscal Policy Developments in US and UK

Crucial Interest Rates Decisions Loom

What will the Autumn bring for the markets?

Northern Rock continues to feel Credit Crisis fall out

Banks not lending to each other

Central Banks to give some Tough Loving

Has the Credit Crisis Reached an End

Central Banks intervene in Credit Crisis

Credit crisis continues to affect world markets

Markets Feel the Sub Prime Strain

Is Private Equity Debt Dragging the Markets Down?

Wall Street Movements Up or Down?

US and UK Markets on the Rise

How to Take Advantage of Summer Trading

Dollar vs Sterling Exchange Rate

US Government Fails To Sell Debt

The Trend Is Your Friend

Mixed Signals From The US

Markets Seek Out New Highs

UK House Price Data

Goverments Consider Interest Rate Rises

US Employment Situation Report

Quadruple Witching In The Markets

ChoiceOdds Introduces 33 to 1 Prices