Investment briefing
Every Flavour Beans
A man once sat on a bench externalising his thought process, reminiscing on the advice his mother gave him: ‘life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get’. Admittedly, this was a movie, and the man was the fictitious Forrest Gump, but his mother was right; in a lifetime of unpredictability, Masters of Destiny are often disappointed.
Investment briefing
Electric Dreams
After a rather stifling start to the summer (hosepipe bans at the ready), the weather finally broke in mid-June, to the thrum of heavy downpours and a series of violent thunderstorms across the UK.
Investment briefing
The stock market, frequently an enigma, has played a blinder. As countries around the world queue up to report their worst ever falls in economic growth, equities have been rising.