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The Clarion Investment Committee met on Monday 17th October. The following notes summarise the main points of consideration in the investment Committee discussions. Economic snapshot and political snapshot (These notes are as at the date of the Investment Committee meeting on 17th October since which time the Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has resigned and we […]
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The Clarion Investment Committee met on Wednesday 14th September. The following notes summarise the main points of consideration in the Investment Committee discussions. Economic Snapshot The UK’s energy support package announced earlier this month is a huge response to the cost-of-living crisis, costing roughly twice as much as the COVID furlough scheme. Supporters see it […]
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“The farther back you can look, the further forward you are likely to see” Winston Churchill Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 (1926-2022) The death of Her Majesty the Queen has been a timely opportunity to take stock of our nation and to re-examine what kind of place we have become. Contrary to the miserable musings […]
Tags: mini Budget, stock markets, the Queen, Ukraine
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The Clarion Investment Committee met on Thursday 18th August 2022. The following notes summarise the main points of consideration in the investment Committee discussions. Economic Snapshot European gas prices hit new record highs as fears of a shortfall over the winter continued to grow. A zinc smelter in the Netherlands and an aluminium smelter in […]
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“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956), American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, […]
Tags: gas prices, inflation, investment strategy, recession, Ukraine
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The Clarion Investment Committee met on Thursday 14th July. The following notes summarise the main points of consideration in the investment Committee discussions. Economic Developments The US economy added a much-greater-than-expected 372,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. Bond yields rose on the news as investors judged that this strengthened […]
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“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” Socrates Economic update I must admit that I found this a difficult newsletter to write. For much of the month, it has been hard to think of anything other than the astonishing goings-on in British politics. […]
Tags: America, China, COVID 19, inflation, supply chain
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The Clarion Investment Committee met on Thursday 16th June. The following notes summarise the main points of consideration in the investment Committee discussions. Economic Developments The World Bank sharply lowered its forecast for global growth and highlighted the rising risk of recession in many countries. The OECD warned that global growth is set to be sharply […]
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Crisis is derived from the Greek word “Krisis: a time of decision, with the possibility of both danger and opportunity”. The next few years of rolling crises look sure to offer plenty of both. Ukraine The Russian military, mired in a war with no end in sight, is attempting to resuscitate its sputtering offensive in […]
Tags: Russia, stock markets, Ukraine
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