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  • Programmable Financial Markets

    When Financial Markets become programmable, what happens next? The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the door to something that could ultimately change the way we think about share trading. On 17 September 2026, the SEC announced a temporary five-year “Innovation Exemption” allowing qualifying Tokenized Securities Venues to facilitate trading in tokenised US National…

  • UK Inflation Rises

    UK inflation is back in the headlines. The latest reports put Consumer Price Index inflation at 3.1%, up from 2.9%, once again moving further above the Bank of England’s 2% target. On its own, that is simply another economic statistic. But nothing happens in isolation. Over the past few months, I’ve written about energy, government…

  • Government Debt

    When Government Debt Gets Expensive it’s time to look at the Ripple Effect from Bond Markets to your household living costs. Most people don’t wake up in the morning wondering what is happening in the government bond market. They are more likely to think about the mortgage, household bills, their business, their investments or whether…

  • Defensive Investing

    Defensive Investing Strategies from Two Economic Superpowers with One Warning. China and the United States sit at opposite ends of many economic and political debates. One is still heavily influenced by state planning and manufacturing. The other is built around consumption, financial markets and private enterprise. Yet look beneath the headline economic numbers and something…

  • Build The System

    Build the system before you need the system. There is a common assumption in business and wealth building that systems are something you introduce later. First, you start the business. Then you make some money. Then you grow. And when everything becomes too complicated to manage, you introduce systems to bring it all under control….

  • Global Partnerships

    Global Partnerships: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Modern Trade Global Partnerships are not something that comes to mind when we think about international trade. We often picture ships carrying containers across oceans, factories exporting products or companies opening offices in another country. But much of modern global trade is built on partnerships. Companies collaborate with suppliers,…

  • Luxury Fashion and the Global Economy

    If luxury fashion has often been one of the first sectors to reflect changing consumer confidence, are today’s weaker sales simply a fashion trend, or are they another signal that global liquidity remains tighter than many investors realise? Recent months have seen an increasing number of celebrity endorsements promoting men’s luxury accessories. Chinese actors Zhang…