Investing & Finances
Justin Urquhart Stewart is one of the most recognisable and trusted market commentators on television, radio, and in the press. Originally trained as a lawyer, he has observed a unique understanding of the market’s roles and benefits for the private investor. Having trained as a barrister, Justin took up international corporate finance, working in both Africa and Singapore then back in the UK. This led Justin to help found Broker Services in 1986, which went on to become Barclays Stockbrokers where he was Corporate Development Director. In early 2001, he co-founded Seven Investment Management (7IM).
In 1605 Guy Fawkes wanted to destroy most of the English establishment and its parliament along with its new Scottish King, James VI, with some good old fashioned gunpowder. Several centuries later Mr Fawkes should have been an investment banker because he could potentially have achieved the same (apart from the Regicide) without the need [...]
This week I am on a mission not to spend a fortune over half-term.
I am in the mist of the October Week as I write. School holidays can cause a great deal of stress for parents, and quite a lot of it can be of the financial kind. Daycare or sports camps around here run [...]
Our baby has not even been born yet and already it looks like we are being dragged into the world of the competitive parent, you know the one who (has the time) to book their child’s nursery/school/university place before they’ve even passed the first trimester. Hopefully I’ll be a bit more laid back than that, [...]
Lovely, lurid headlines in the press again. Millions wiped off shares. Economic meltdown. Panic in the City. It’s scary, dramatic-sounding stuff but it doesn’t have to make us run screaming for the hills.
None of this is much of a surprise. As I’ve said before, we’re in turbulent times. This isn’t the last of the big [...]
It’s been getting darker – not just because of the UK changes over to Winter timing but rather because last week was when those in power finally admitted to the inevitable; that we are in for a recession, and probably quite a prolonged one at that. If you read my comments on a regular basis [...]
New figures show that spending on food has fallen for the first time since records began in 1986. The amount of food and drink bought in shops and supermarkets fell by 0.1% in the three months to September 2008.
Usually food sales go up every year, typically by about 2-3%. So, we’re tightening our belts - buying [...]
New figures show that spending on food has fallen for the first time since records began in 1986. The amount of food and drink bought in shops and supermarkets fell by 0.1% in the three months to September 2008. Usually food sales go up every year, typically by about 2-3%. So, we’re tightening our belts - buying [...]
After bank collapses, bail outs, the credit crunch and the small matter of global market turmoil it’s no wonder we’re all still worried about the safety of our money. Despite all the problems of the past few years, there are steps you can take to protect your cash. See how you can become a Moneymagpie [...]
So let me get this straight: we aren’t in recession yet (officially) but we have tippi-toed our way to the edge of the abyss, had a quick shufti and run away squealing? Smashing!
We knew it was inevitable, but if the big bad bankers weren’t such scaredy cats with itchy trigger fingers we might have had [...]
So the Dutch Government has joined other European leaders in shoring up one of its financial houses – ING. Ironic given that ING was the white knight that rode in to save Icelandic bank Kaupthing Edge ten days ago!
The Dutch Government says (as they all say) that ING is fundamentally sound and they are just [...]
