2025 So we bump somewhat painfully and laboriously over the hump (Stoxx 600 -0.41%). Some (but not all) of yesterdays excitement fizzling out amongst a mind numbing barrage of contradictory headlines. Markets buffering around on the likes of *UKRAINE’S ZELENSKIY SAYS RUSSIA IS SENDING NEW FORCES to a really increasingly meaningless *RUSSIA: UKRAINE PROPOSALS SHOW […]
2025 One of the original aims of the Snapshot was to try and provide a little bit of light through what were some fairly dark months. Even in the Januaries and the Februaries when things have been properly bleak we’ve tried to stay upbeat. We’re glass-half-full people. But some days the good news takes care […]
2025 OK so I’ve got to ask because it’s all anyone has talked about all day – what’s your take on “that slap”. Is it A/ absolutely genuine – you’ve a view on whether he was right or wrong to do it and woe betide anyone who disagrees B/ fake to the max – the […]
2025 “I like it when your Daily Snapshot arrives in my inbox” someone said last night. “Why’s that” I asked (heart racing, hopes soaring – had I finally found someone who reads it….). “Because it means it’s nearly home time”. Hmmm. Well I guess I’ll take that as a positive. A bit of clock watching […]
2025 I hope you all like beans on toast as much as I do cos it’s tighten-the-belt time. The Office of Budget Responsibility picking today to signal that real household disposable income – about the most comprehensive measure of our standard of living – is set to fall this year at the fastest rate since […]
2025 “I nearly had a tear in my eye” said our (utterly brilliant) construction analyst this morning as he brought to a close a 9 year multi-bagger of a BUY rec on long term favourite CRH. Downgraded to Neutral here having weathered a variety of crises since the upgrade in 2013. Not quite a SELL […]
2025 Ah the post-Cheltenham Monday. One of the toughest Mondays in the calendar. All about rebuilding the balance sheet. Water. Fruit. Vegetables. Sleep. Repeat. Energy levels blinking red. Motivation low. And the market really not helping (Stoxx 600 +0.04%). “Just send out a blank email” was one helpful suggestion today when I wondered aloud what […]
2025 Only the briefest of Snapshots tonight as I need to get home to make a spag bol for my (Toronto based) sister and her family who I haven’t seen in almost three years. If I had a final bet to make today (and I really should stop betting) it’s that you think you make […]
2025 It’s not easy to write an end of day wrap when Cheltenham is on and the 4.50 is looming large. My horse picking possibly peaking early with yesterday’s Honeysuckle win/Epatante each way suggestion but I’ll take it and I’d say I wasn’t the only one with an eye on Prestbury Park with peaks and […]
2025 So it’s out with suits and in with sports bras for the Office of National Statistics as they shake up the inflation basket to reflect what the nation (and possibly me) need most in the post-pandemic world. 700 goods in that basket and I’d say that whatever you stick in there is going higher. […]