Polemic's Pains

"Strictly Come Dancing"  , or 'Dancing with the Stars' as it is known in the USA, has dominated the Christmas TV schedule ...

The investor site 'Seeking Alpha' approached me for my thoughts on 2017. I was delighted to respond but felt as though I wasn't ...

It’s really too early to start calling the world of 2017,  considering what a monumental start we will have to it after a monumental finish ...

As it's December and before I think about next year, let's score last year's test sheet. I did publish some thoughts on 2016 ba...

I have posted this before but repost this slightly updated version as it is exceedingly pertinent considering what is happening in the marke...

I've returned from my self-imposed solitude in the wilds of England. If you want to find a place in the world where normal physics doe...

I don't know if it's the weather, a streaming cold or my disdain at the bipartisan rantings everywhere that have me pretty depressed...

I went to the Hoxton Hotel (Hipster Centerville, London) the other day to interview new creative staff. The whole area has changed dramatic...

It’s been a week since I last posted,  a post provocative enough to even inspire the mighty Paul Krugman to comment upon it. As one kind s...

As Phil Collins sang a long time ago, "There's something in the air tonight" I think I‘ve scared myself today. I have long t...

THE US election would be pure comedy genius if it didn’t involve handing the winner the keys to a huge global arsenal of nuclear weapons. To...

It’s been a tense few weeks in Polemic Towers with market positions being whipped all over the place and it has taken a strong nerve to weat...

The financial markets are preparing themselves for the US election. I know this not because of direct feedback from fund managers, but beca...

With the markets basically doing everything they can to look as though they are going somewhere when in fact they aren’t, it may be time t...

I spent a lovely evening in the company of those who participate in financial twitter. Lovely bunch, A smattering of buy and sell side and ...

Whilst the bickering in US politics continues, I wish to avoid comment and instead go back to the once mighty pound, though I do note that t...