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.

The Penny Drops

The biggest problem is the lost time, caused by the slimy invertebrates that constitute the euro-elite

Useless Bloody Swiss!

Adoboli has done us all a favour: we all now know casino banks are definitely a waste of time and shareholders’ money.

Down and Out in Paris, Berlin, Athens...

London has a chance, not a great one, but only because we are not saddled with the euro straitjacket

Francly Speaking

The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and truly off

Down the Jackson Hole

Last week the world’s leading finance wizards ‘hauled-arse off to Wyoming’.

The European Virus

Politicians soon succumb to this deadly mixture which renders them incapable of making any sensible decisions among themselves

America's Deathly Debt Deal

As I have said before, Obama doesn’t do economics, he just spends

The GDP Illusion

I could really kick myself for not seeing through all the bullshit put out by G7, G20, The Fed, BoE, ECB, BoJ.

Waiting for the Other Shoe

What is quite clear is that the euro debt crisis is already with us, but that the EU ministers are quite incapable of grasping the reality

B.Eurocrats and Greek Debt

Lord Elgin understood the modern Greek mentality perfectly: if it’s worth saving, take it offshore

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In this climate, it is a relief to see one potentially attractive tax allowance come through unscathed from recent criticism