There’s a possibility that the U.K. parliament might vote against leaving the EU, explains Port Shelter Investment Management’s Richard Harris. CNBC Asia interview 4 July 2016. Watch here: Brexit might not happen
Brexit – the game is not over…
Richard Harris, Port Shelter Investment Management’s chief executive officer, discusses the fallout from the Brexit vote with Bloomberg’s Yvonne Man on “Daybreak Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-06-28/port-shelter-ceo-we-won-t-see-a-brexit
Why can’t I get a Bank Account?
Travails of banking published in SCMP: Travails of banking One of the rites of adulthood is opening a bank account – mine was in 1974 when I went to HSBC and said, “I’d like to open a bank account please”. “With whom?” “Whoever has lots of money!” Opening a bank account in Hong Kong…
Chair Yellen or Cher Janet. Life after interest rate rises
The markets are stressing about the fall in the oil price – who would have expected Brent at $37 even a year ago? But they are totally missing the most important commodity of all, and whose price has collapsed spectacularly. The price of money has been almost nothing for nearly ten years but that…
Talking Turkey – the Year in Review, with a special guest…
Lunch with the Post – Santa’s views on 2016. On the naughty list: Janet Yellen for delaying rate rises and making us fret. On the nice list: the Greeks for bailing out… My lunch guest arrived at Noel’s Brasserie in Holly Wood Road, on a silent Varoufakis electric drone. A commotion erupted as a large…
Vital Signs. Flatlining World Economies – need Intensive Care
Relationship between growth and interest rates breaks down once rates fall below 2 per cent, and policymakers don’t have the cure published in South China Morning Post. Flatlining vital signs are not good, download Doctors carry out triage on patients by checking the vital signs as to who can be saved or who can’t. Investors…