Nickolai Hubble

Death by a thousand parties, or birthday cake off a duck’s back?

What does the UK’s cheapest ever mortgage tell us about the housing market? Is Nigel Farage surprised about the tech stock selloff? Is no stock…

Death by a thousand parties, or birthday cake off a duck’s back?

What does the UK’s cheapest ever mortgage tell us about the housing market? Is Nigel Farage surprised about the tech stock selloff? Is no stock safe from woke warriors?

Summer in the City of London, despite Brexit

Just before Christmas in 2020, my German uncle sent me the usual Christmas message. But he added something intriguing. He wrote in German that, “The…

Life will go back to normal once we get vaccinated, right?

Before we begin with an analysis of whether vaccines succeeded in returning the world to normal, or delayed it, let me congratulate you on your…

Pension traps, inflation traps and retirement traps to avoid

We’re digging into the reader mailbag today, with your comments and questions on pensions, inflation, banks and retiring overseas. They all have a common theme…

I got an 11.8m euro email from Christine Lagarde

Good news, everyone. According to an email which was erroneously misplaced into my junk folder, my “€11.8M EUR” has been found by none other than…

Who falls into a bear market first: stocks, Ukraine or Boris?

Markets took a hammering, Ukraine is being lined up for one, but what about Boris Johnson? Will he get off scot-free? And if you’d like…

Who falls into a bear market first: stocks, Ukraine or Boris?

Markets took a hammering, Ukraine is being lined up for one, but what about Boris Johnson? Will he get off scot-free?

The tide is turning on the stock market’s skinny dippers

My grandfather was a champion lawn-bowler for a very simple reason – his ability to conduct psychological warfare on his opponents. This began with his…

The crack-up boom explains our economic chaos

Economic chaos is raging around the world, in its many, many forms. And economists are at a loss to explain why, let alone predict it. But what if there is one economic theory which explains all this carnage quite simply? And what if I could introduce you to the ideal person to explain it to us?

The crack-up boom explains our economic chaos

Economic chaos is raging around the world, in its many, many forms. And economists are at a loss to explain why, let alone predict it.…

What if lockdowns become far more deadly than Covid-19?

Oh boy… are we on thin ice today. But at least we haven’t been literally put on ice, like so many people out there over…

Whither the great British pound?

Since we first launched Fortune & Freedom, Nigel Farage has been keen to talk currencies. Shifting exchange rates are a great way for investors to…

When inflation spikes out of control, find a bear to poke

Biden takes on Putin, the Financial Conduct Authority consults on marketing restrictions for cryptocurrency, and inflation takes out the Germans, again. And if you’d like…

When inflation spikes out of control, find a bear to poke

Biden takes on Putin, the Financial Conduct Authority consults on marketing restrictions for cryptocurrency, and inflation takes out the Germans, again.

I’m from the government and I’m here to stop inflation

Don’t worry too much about this latest inflationary bout. The government is on the case! And it’ll soon prove transitory moderate. Every now and then,…

Burn the banknotes to keep warm

Can central bankers print HGV licences? Can they launch container ships made of paper money? Could we burn banknotes in lieu of gas to keep…

Inflationgate exposed

My pandemic rants are over, for now. But it’s not just on Covid-19 that the narratives are suddenly changing. It’s also on inflation. And, just…

Conspiracy theorists score hat-trick

Thanks for your flood of feedback on my rant about changing pandemic narratives. As a comment I saw somewhere on social media put it, “The…

The mainstream media is turning on its masters

Well, I didn’t expect this. The world’s mainstream media has turned on its masters before the population did. Journalists are now openly questioning, investigating and…