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Month: January 2016

ANALYSIS: Seven deadly reasons why the Iran deal will fail

Dear old pals, jolly old pals The smiley-smiley hoo-haa in the light of last week’s Iran ‘nuclear deal’ […]

John Ward January 18, 2016 7 reasons why the Iran deal won't hold, Uncategorized

BEHIND YOUR BACK: help for soldier not mothers, no money for junior doctors but tons for Virgin, Mogherini & the Iran deal, & Corbyn’s grubby nuclear deal with the TUC

It’s been a busy day on a global level, and even busier for me here. While the American […]

John Ward January 17, 2016 Behind your back: Squaddies, female pensions, Mogherini & Iran, Junior doctors & Corbyn's jobs-4-warheads deal, Uncategorized

Bowie: sharp as a knife to the very end

Whenever a particularly special celebrity dies these days, I resist the temptation to rush out with a verdict-cum-tribute. […]

John Ward January 16, 2016 Popular music, Uncategorized

THE SATURDAY ESSAY: The sound of silence and the silence of sound

I’ve become aware of an organisation called donotreadthis.org. They began in Asia, they have some shall we say […]

John Ward January 16, 2016 Uncategorized, We must teach our children to investigate

Six reasons why falling stock markets do not need to be explained

A world in the Red As the morning progressed, the futures weren’t looking bright….they weren’t even looking Orange: […]

John Ward January 15, 2016 Dow joins world stock markets correction, Uncategorized

CRASH2: Forget the technicals….2 out of 3 psycholgical levels have now been breached

AND OIL’S DEAD-CAT BOUNCE IS OVER I have explained before my belief in the three key-market psychological levels […]

John Ward January 15, 2016 Markets - why this is Correction2 of Crash2, Uncategorized

CRASH2: The euphemistic language of a mad narrative

One business newscaster this morning observed (with a straight face) “The Shanghai’s morning session showed it going into […]

John Ward January 14, 2016 Uncategorized, Volatility is the new Bear

CRASH2: In wake of RBS paper, Domesday predictions grow

One swallow doesn’t make for a Summers wake-up call Larry Summers told Americans on a live TV interview […]

John Ward January 13, 2016 Larry Summers on global disaster, Uncategorized

The Istanbul bomb: call me an old-fashioned NVE, but we would be mad not to have doubts about this atrocity

PARTNERS IN CRIME “Look Mum, it’s me with the President” A bomb goes off in Istanbul, and immediately […]

John Ward January 13, 2016 Erdogan's Istanbul bomb, Uncategorized

MARKET NEWS TURMOIL: Slog to launch new Index

Towards a new investor guidance index Since the earlier Slogpost today about Bloomberg trying to rubbish the idea […]

John Ward January 12, 2016 New global markets news Index, Uncategorized

CRASH2: Lalalalalah on the business channels, but one bank says “Sell everything”

“Sell everything except high quality bonds. This is about return of capital, not return on capital.” RBS yesterday […]

John Ward January 12, 2016 RBS IN "SELL EVERYTHING" CALL, Uncategorized

At the End of the Day

I didn’t do a literary degree, although the biography of famous historical players and politicians does bend one […]

John Ward January 11, 2016 At the End of the Day, Uncategorized

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