Year: 2020

  • Is Britain’s house-price boom set to continue?

    Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, UK house prices have been rising fast this year. Will that continue in 2021?

  • The Dollar’s on the slide

    The US dollar recently hit a two-year low as markets move firmly into ‘risk-on’ mode.

  • World’s debt balloons

    Covid-19 is being allowed to let rip in the public finances.

  • A global property boom

    Covid-19 has pushed the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

  • Oil prices stalling

    Are we heading for another oil-price slump? Benchmark Brent crude futures plunged to an 18-year low of around $19 a barrel in April, while US oil futures briefly went negative.

  • London property remains over-valued

    London’s housing market remains over-valued, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index.

  • South Africa faces storm

    “The storm is upon us,” says South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. Already in recession before the pandemic hit, South Africa has been the fifth-worst hit country in the world measured by the number of coronavirus cases.

  • Recession in Turkey

    Having just returned from Turkey, it is clear that it’s currency – the Lira – is back in the firing line. The Turkish tourism industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, reducing crucial foreign-currency earnings.

  • China leads global recovery whilst tensions escalate

    Despite China's increasingly belligerent stance provoking a global backlash, it is, by far, the world’s best-performing big economy this year.

  • A sunny retirement

    Want to live a very low tax retirement? Good news: you can.

  • Hong Kong’s new normal

    It has been ten days since a new security law, effectively imposed by the Chinese government, came into effect, but already the atmosphere in Hong Kong has changed dramatically.

  • UK House Prices falling

  • Reset for the recovery

    Fears about the economic impact of coronavirus-induced lock-downs sparked a record-breaking sell-off in March. But global financial markets have since staged an equally record-breaking recovery, driven by monetary and fiscal stimulus, and re-opening economies.

  • Inflation will return

    The guardians of the world’s currencies have unleashed unprecedented monetary stimulus in response to the pandemic.

  • Stocks stumbling

    Markets have been rallying almost continuously since the March bottom, but the last couple of weeks have brought a reminder that gains can quickly turn into losses. The UK’s FTSE-100 has fallen by 5% over the last three weeks.

  • No-deal Brexit looms again

    The chances of Britain leaving the EU without a trade deal continue to rise, with both sides agreeing that little progress had been made in the fourth round of trade talks.

  • Britain’s housing market may avoid a crash

    There is a general presumption that the reopening of the UK housing market following the pandemic freeze must be negative for house prices.

  • New Hong Kong security laws lead to falling currency

    China plans to write a new national security law into Hong Kong’s constitution. This will bypass the territory’s Legislative Council.

  • India’s collapsing economy

    India faces a terrible choice. Most countries are grappling with a trade-off between lives and livelihoods, but in an economy where more than 80% of people live on less than $5.

  • Hong Kong’s struggle continues

    Hong Kong’s recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, contracting 8.9% year on year.

  • Oil Prices plunging over global GDP shock

    After plunging into negative territory last week, oil prices surged 20% today (from a very low base).

  • Market Update : 23rd April 2020

    Stocks regained ground yesterday (Wednesday) following a sell-off earlier this week on worries over dislocations in the oil market.

  • The housing market’s deep freeze

    Most of the non-essential parts of the British economy have been put on hold by the coronavirus lockdown. The housing market is no exception.

  • Pandemic fears continue to panic markets

    Stocks around the world have fallen for a fifth day amid growing concern about the coronavirus outbreak. In London, the FTSE 100 fell 1.

  • Is Hong Kong becoming a ‘failed state?’

    Last week, Bloomberg reported that Hong Kong was starting to resemble a ‘failed state.’ There is palpable anxiety in the coronavirus-hit city, where a bungled official response, shortages of masks and toilet-paper panics are causing chaos.

  • What Brexit means for your money

    The UK has finally left the European Union - taking one referendum, two general elections and three prime ministers to get here. What happens now?

  • Growth in self-employed makes taxation taxing

    Governments around the world have got a big problem on their hands.

  • Will China’s virus outbreak damage the economy?

    The rally in Asian stock prices since December came to a halt on 20th January over mounting investor fears that the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, might turn into a larger epidemic and stunt consumption, travel and tourism-related sectors.

  • Britain’s innovators should keep their tax breaks

    There were not many things Gordon Brown got right in his 13 years in government. But one thing he can claim credit for is the entrepreneurs’ rate of capital-gains tax (CGT).

Articles from 2025

  • Rediscovering Japan
  • Not so Tarriffic change
  • Deposits and returns
  • Africa’s century?
  • A not-so-foreign policy
  • The Trump effect

Articles from 2024

  • Trump’s wake-up call for Europe
  • The Comeback Kid
  • Can a collapse in Lebanon be avoided?
  • Love Labour’s Lost?
  • The Great Race Reset
  • More oil on troubled waters
  • US and UK Diverge
  • India’s National Renewal
  • Egypt’s collapse
  • Globalisation is not over yet
  • Japan is back in fashion
  • Red Sea crisis will lead to price rises
  • Inflated concerns
  • Dubai’s growth continues apace
  • How long can Russia’s boom continue?
  • Poland : Under new management

Articles from 2023

  • China’s decade of buying influence
  • Global property prices falling
  • War in Middle East
  • Too early to celebrate
  • Britain must pivot towards Asia
  • Time to buy emerging markets
  • The failing state of South Africa
  • Growth in Greece
  • Chinese stocks’ going cheap
  • Could the UK’s downbeat property market now be stabilising?
  • The Rocky Road of Inflation
  • The changing face of globalisation
  • Growth boost for Britain
  • Who gets squeezed by inflation?
  • 2022 : the year of the interest rate shock

Articles from 2022

  • Global House Prices are Falling
  • The Christmas World Cup
  • The maturing emerging markets
  • Prospects in a divided Brazil
  • Falling UK property prices
  • The Truss Revolution
  • Faltering housing markets
  • Will Singapore take Asia’s crown?
  • Could oil prices have passed their peak?
  • The UK’s Healthy Recession
  • The World’s cooling property market
  • The end of easy money
  • Globalisation in retreat
  • A Blow for ‘net zero’
  • China’s economic miracle : drawing to an end
  • UK house prices in 2022
  • Markets respond to Ukraine’s invasion  
  • A year to forget in emerging markets
  • China’s worrying attitude to international relations
  • China’s key risks for investors

Articles from 2021

  • Xi’s China is a risk to investors
  • Global Property Bubble
  • Buy British
  • Hong Kong’s faltering reputation
  • Lebanon’s collapse
  • Global Property prices are soaring
  • Crisis in Tunisia
  • China’s Communists turn 100
  • Taxing Big Tech
  • Commercial property values at risk
  • The UK’s Recovery
  • The UK House Price Boom
  • UK House prices booming
  • Chinese markets fall
  • The risks of vaccine nationalism
  • Rishi’s Recovery budget
  • UK welcomes HongKong Nationals
  • The Great Crash of 2021?
  • The Arab Spring : Ten Years on

Articles from 2020

  • Is Britain’s house-price boom set to continue?
  • The Dollar’s on the slide
  • World’s debt balloons
  • A global property boom
  • Oil prices stalling
  • London property remains over-valued
  • South Africa faces storm
  • Recession in Turkey
  • China leads global recovery whilst tensions escalate
  • A sunny retirement
  • Hong Kong’s new normal
  • UK House Prices falling
  • Reset for the recovery
  • Inflation will return
  • Stocks stumbling
  • No-deal Brexit looms again
  • Britain’s housing market may avoid a crash
  • New Hong Kong security laws lead to falling currency
  • India’s collapsing economy
  • Hong Kong’s struggle continues
  • Oil Prices plunging over global GDP shock
  • Market Update : 23rd April 2020
  • The housing market’s deep freeze
  • Pandemic fears continue to panic markets
  • Is Hong Kong becoming a ‘failed state?’
  • What Brexit means for your money
  • Growth in self-employed makes taxation taxing
  • Will China’s virus outbreak damage the economy?
  • Britain’s innovators should keep their tax breaks

Articles from 2019

  • Time to buy Britain
  • UK Election looms
  • Hong Kong protests are an urgent warning to Beijing
  • Preparing for Trump’s re-election
  • Turkey’s stocks : undoubtedly cheap
  • Labour’s tax plans need attention
  • UK property becoming more affordable
  • Brexit Breakthrough?
  • Portugal : A Euro Success Story facing political challenge
  • Oil price surge after Saudi oil facilities attacked
  • China toughening out trade tensions
  • UK Election looms as no-deal Brexit blocked for now
  • Beware pitfalls in buying overseas property
  • Hong Kong’s perfect storm
  • US/China trade truce?
  • Emerging markets bouncing back
  • Citizenship for sale
  • Not just football that’s coming home
  • Recovery in Greece?
  • Whisky galore
  • Russia’s recovery is boosting region
  • ‘Slowbalisation’ of global property
  • The UK economy is having a run of success.. despite the political mess.
  • India’s PM heading for May victory
  • ‘Golden visa’ residency schemes under the spotlight
  • US downturn on the horizon?
  • A380 – Another European prestige project fails
  • Optimism in Brazil
  • The Euro’s 20th birthday
  • Investing in Indonesia
  • Emerging Europe comes of age
  • Oil slide boosting growth
  • Global property prices easing

Articles from 2018

  • Politics, interest rates and trade wars
  • Invest for Brexit – whatever the outcome
  • US mid-term: Democrat House, Republican Senate
  • Egypt’s President is creating enemies
  • An end to the bull market?
  • Turkey’s crisis could have huge repercussions
  • No deal, no pension?
  • Change brings opportunity in the Gulf
  • Build-to-Rent investors are snapping up London flats
  • Things are getting ugly in Turkey…
  • Middle East becoming a new region in the investment landscape
  • Brexit is heating up
  • Merkel on the brink?
  • UK house prices continue to slow, whilst London continues to fall
  • US interest rates move higher
  • Great news on Greece
  • European shares slump over continuing political upheaval in Italy
  • An oil rich nation, with no oil
  • Bread, Freedom, Dignity in Tunisia
  • Which global cities have the highest living costs?
  • Agreement on path to Brexit
  • What’s ailing the UK property market?
  • China’s return to dictatorship
  • Year of the Dog starts with a rollercoaster
  • Italy heads to the polls
  • Technology is speeding up growth in Africa
  • Oil bulls are about to be disappointed
  • Market volatility surging
  • China braced for a slowdown
  • UK growth better than expected in 2017
  • Iran’s uprising gathers pace
  • UK House prices to remain subdued in 2018

Articles from 2017

  • Catalonia Heading to the polls
  • Sufficient process takes Brexit to the next step
  • Prospering post-Brexit
  • How will European instability affect Brexit?
  • Tourism is proving an exciting investment opportunity
  • Tensions rising in Middle East
  • Interest rates to rise
  • Qatar’s blockade hurts its enforcers
  • Deal or no Deal?
  • Spain’s Day of Unity
  • Global real estate is in a bubble
  • Qatar : No resolution in sight
  • Where next for Sterling?
  • UK property grows 2.1% over last year
  • Turkey : looking eastward?
  • Venezuela : Tensions Reach New Highs
  • UK/US Trade Deal : A big opportunity
  • Crisis in Gulf deepens
  • UK house prices continue to fall
  • Greece needs a crisis
  • Egypt : visitors needed
  • Greece’s debt saga grinds on
  • Le Pen and Macron in French run off
  • Here we go again
  • Pound’s Strength withstanding Brexit
  • Bottlenecks in Bangladesh
  • London’s luxury property market is suffering
  • Article 50 to be triggered on 29th March
  • Europe successfully shrugs off political risk
  • Is renting in London loosing its appeal?
  • Power struggle is risking Morocco’s economic growth
  • Another Greece crisis looms…
  • Le Pen sets out her ‘commitments’ as France prepares to vote
  • Expatriates warned to avoid portfolio bonds
  • No need for a bust up in UK/EU talks
  • ‘Buy to Let’ challenges in 2017
  • Is the UK stock market surge about to slow?  
  • Will 2017 bring another European crisis?

Articles from 2016

  • What does 2017 have in store?
  • Italy triggers next Euro-zone crisis
  • Uncertainty high in France
  • It’s Trump!
  • Winners and losers in Sterling’s fall
  • Did Portugal’s bailout work?
  • Israel’s cost of living problem
  • Brazil’s Olympian returns
  • Oil glut drives prices lower again
  • Interest rates down – and further cuts lie ahead
  • Italy’s failing banks worry Euro-zone
  • India’s dampened growth
  • Spain after Brexit
  • US shrugs off Brexit
  • Buy To Let’s worrying outlook
  • Life after Brexit
  • Two days to go : UK decides on its European future
  • It’s got to be summer : France is on strike.
  • Greece braced for more austerity
  • Germany’s economic mirage
  • London property price fall
  • Portugal : Beyond austerity
  • Brexit : Official campaign launched
  • Myanmar’s stock market : open for business
  • An oil price recovery?
  • Deflation makes Japan a buy
  • London’s falling property market
  • India’s auspicious outlook
  • UK’s banks are suffering
  • Brexit campaign launched
  • Oil price plunge damaging government finances
  • Japan: a buying opportunity
  • An Egyptian Anniversary
  • Oil prices: lower for longer
  • A volatile start to 2016

Articles from 2015

  • Burma’s time in the sun
  • Think twice before investing in UK property
  • Thailand’s Government gets pro-active
  • Pressures in Europe re-emerge
  • Clouds gather over Turkey
  • Property Bubbles emerging
  • UK visa scheme under the spotlight
  • Asia’s fortunes rising
  • Japan : Bouncing back
  • China falls again
  • Growth forecast in UK property
  • A Greek adventure
  • Africa’s emerging middle class
  • London property prices on the slide?
  • China’s Fall
  • Oil prices remain low
  • Eid Mubarak
  • The Russian recovery
  • Return of the PIGS
  • Brazil : under new management
  • Greece: a good investment for the brave?
  • Still no deal in Greece
  • How can a country boost its GDP by 25%?
  • A tough year for Russia
  • Italy’s brighter future
  • Chinese equities : Crash looming?
  • The latest on Greece
  • Japan’s bull market to continue
  • Time to buy broken Brazil?
  • Crucial countdown to Nigeria’s election
  • Bangladesh’s broken politics
  • China : Trapped between strong yuan and high debt
  • Morocco’s growth prospects
  • Passports for sale
  • The Greek dilemna
  • Fast growth does not equal strong stock market performance
  • The Polish power house

Articles from 2014

  • Greek economy faces ‘irreparable’ damage
  • Argentina has been relegated
  • Is a Chinese soft-landing possible?
  • Romania heads to the polls
  • Radical change in Mexico
  • A boost for gold
  • Europe’s triple dip recession
  • Paralysis in Paris
  • Australia’s downturn
  • Italian woes
  • A jewel in the emerging market crown
  • Indonesian election results due
  • Won rising….
  • World Cup Party in Brazil ?
  • A new Cold War ?
  • Europe : Power moving East
  • India’s election results
  • The Bangladesh transformation
  • Is the Euro crisis really over?
  • International residents make record UK tax contribution
  • The Manila Growth Story
  • Is Japan changing?
  • UK pensions are getting interesting
  • UK Investor Visa shake up
  • Qatar is being promoted!
  • Will Russia buck the rout in emerging markets?
  • China slowdown
  • Turkey : sliding out of control?
  • What’s in store for 2014?
  • Totally UK
  • The falling price of an EU passport

Articles from 2013

  • Is a Grexit still likely?
  • Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Extended To Non-UK Residents Owning UK Residential Property
  • Knightsbridge Wealth visits Portugal
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