So have you taken the plunge and done yours yet? Or are you holding out? Yes it’s that time of year for the bi-annual #WardrobeChange. That slightly painful moment when you switch out the shorts and linen shirts for your chunkier tops and coats. Maybe you’ve got a cupboard big enough for both of course but I’d hazard a guess a few readers might be with me in shrink wrapping their summer gear and dusting off the winter casuals. The issue – of course – comes when we have the weather that lies ahe…

So I believe the crime itself is officially called “Cheating” as Defined under Section 42 of the Gambling Act but one wonders if “Being an Absolute Wally” could be brought as an additional charge to the increasing number of Tory insiders who are under investigation for having placed bets on the timing of the General Election just days before Rishi’s surprise announcement. Did they really think they would get away with it? All of that brouhaha gobbled up by a hungry media struggling to generate…

Our (absolutely top notch) US team like to do a “Fun Fact” each day with their morning note. It is usually eye-catching and makes you read the note (isn’t it annoying when people do that) but was conspicuous by it’s absence today as they celebrated Juneteenth Day. Now I will warn you that before you say “that’s a holiday that Joe Biden made up so he can have a lie down” it’s important to look into the origins of the day as it marks the ending of slavery in the US (June 19th, 1865). It has actua…

“I love the Daily Snapshot” said a very pleasant lady I met today for the first time. A comment that prompted my heart to soar and my pride for the (often thankless) work that Courteney and others do each day swell. “Yes,” she continued “it always means it’s very nearly the end of the day”. Hmmm. Not quite what we were hoping for but good to hear that we generate positive vibes however they manifest. Today a very good day to see the back of with what we could politely call a pause for breath af…

“Good to see that idiot Quicky’s not lost his touch” I hear you sigh as a return to Snapshot duties (having started writing them to an audience of 7 in the very darkest days of the pandemic before handing over to a far more informed Courteney and others) sees me jinx the (still very promising) Coiled Springs product. A reminder that doing the end of day wrap is a humbling task but hopefully we get it right more often than we get it wrong and at least we have a view. Another day of bumping along…

“I prefer the term coiled cobra….” said an Indiana Jones inspired client today when I was talking him through the new Coiled Springs product that one of our rising star traders (in cc for any questions) has produced in conjunction with our IDEAS team. In a nutshell, it looks at heavily shorted shares that are due to report and screens for where our IDEAS team are flagging improving earnings momentum. They are at a 10 out of 11 success rate currently with an average return on the day of the ea…

Good morning all – just before the lunches kick in and the red lights go on….

I’m going to guess that I’m not the only one who has a Sunday-Evening-Process. All about setting yourself for the week ahead of course and I find a routine helps put me on the right path mentally. My S.E.P involves watching my youngest at her swimming training before we go home for baked beans on toast, a pint of ice cold milk and an hour reading the Sunday Times (me not her). The News section until it gets too depressing into a bit of Sport then a quick rifle through all the Homes I’d buy if I…

So amidst a sea of important questions (are we heading into Stagflation? what will the Fed say next week? Is Bitcoin really a safe haven?) possibly the most important question of the day is have we reached peak gilet? I ask because having watched all the cool kids wear gilets for the last few years I have finally taken the plunge and may well be responsible as a result for calling the top of the trend. You wear a gilet for one of two reasons imho – either because you’re a bit skinny and want to…