Death Crosses Everywhere …

“Watch out for the ‘death cross'” ran the title of Saturday’s Money Morning round up. But what is a death cross? What does it indicate? And just how reliable is it? These are pretty pertinent questions. We have death crosses forming across...

The Pound And The Tories

My latest for Moneyweek : The pound seemed to like George Osborne’s emergency Budget. On Tuesday morning it was standing at $1.47. By mid-afternoon yesterday, it was above $1.49. But the fact is, the pound has been rallying since mid-May, when news started to...

House Prices In Gold

My latest for Moneyweek: As far as advocates of sound money are concerned, the UK housing market peaked in 2005. Since then it has fallen by more than 70%. Yes, 70%. House prices are now at levels last seen in the early 1990s, at the bottom of the last bear market....