Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.

Double whammy

Last week the FSA published their report into the disaster, not for the general public, but for their eyes only

PIIGS in a blanket

The €85 Bn. Bail-out for Ireland is far too little and too late to prevent a full-blown Banking Crisis II

G20's lame ducks

So, in a world of competitive devaluations, the two biggest economies are joined at the hip in the race to the leadership position in this race of losers

Spanners at the Ready!

The simple fact is that this is trade war by another name, an eruption designed to put a smile on Uncle Sam’s face, but no one else’s

QE or not QE?

This points the way to the Fed’s announcement on its next dose of QE: they don’t know how much, but it’s going to be massive

Make babies, not war

The point about babies is that they are the answer to the pension problem.

Slumpflation

It’s extraordinary that this facile idea has gained such currency, as though the slumpflation of the 1970s never existed

Ken we stop it?

In the Sunday papers Ken Clarke is warning that there could be a double-dip, but it’s already started, Ken. Ken!

Inflation? Deflation?

The problem is that inflation and deflation are both present. How can this be?

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