The City

The vengeance of the bond vigilantes’ vendetta

The same bond yields got Truss sacked, but not Sunak What is a bond vigilante? Interest expense has become politically expensive We all love a…

D-Day for de-dollarisation?

Speculation is rife that the BRICS will soon introduce a gold-backed currency for trade settlement I’ve been writing on this topic for nearly two decades…

How to escape de-banking, according to Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage’s de-banking spent another week at the top of the UK newsfeed. But in this video, we dig into how you can escape Nigel’s…

On (mis)representative government

Large organisations tend towards unaccountability Large firms are held largely by passive investors Smaller firms are more responsive to shareholder pressure Do you ever doubt…

An economic minefield of banks, mortgages, hydrogen and gold

Are the banks hiding something? Nations load up on gold Net zero hits another snag. Well, governments rely on someone in the private sector being…

De-banking Nigel Farage is only a symptom of what’s really going on

Nigel Farage has been de-banked Is a reversal in the culture wars on the cards? What does it mean for the rest of us? Well,…

Today’s week in review video is delayed

Video coming your way soon… What does the de-banking drama mean for us? Send us your questions by 2pm Nigel Farage is somewhere in France,…

The Wizard of Threadneedle Street

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” exclaims the Wizard when discovered by a curious Toto and an astonished Dorothy. Tugging and pushing…

Prepare for a net zero reckoning

Next month, six months of work will finally come to fruition. And today, I want to offer you a sneak peek of just what we…

Force majeure, or mineure?

Contract law has long relied on a legal concept known as force majeure, which is French for “superior force”, that is, beyond the ability of…

War on Wall Street: droids versus clones

Droids or clones – who’d make the better investor on Wall Street? You can tell I’ve been watching Star Wars, again… There just aren’t many…

Mortgage mayhem is back, but who can we blame this time?

The campaign to bring down the cost of living by raising the cost of mortgages continues over at the Bank of England (BoE). Someone needs…

Welcome to your new editor of Fortune & Freedom: the Terminator

The big investment theme of 2023 has been artificial intelligence (AI), with AI stocks leaving the rest of the market for dead. But what does…

The lesser of two evils is still evil

As Nigel Farage warned his readers of The Fleet Street Letter in December, a Labour government is coming our way. The real question is: what…

Here come higher interest rates, at last

The Bank of England’s Christmas present to the economy in 2021 was the first post-pandemic interest rate hike amongst large, developed economies. Back then, the…

Welcome back to the 70s re-enactment

Labour is taking the low road, and the Conservatives the high road, but they’re both taking us back to the 70s. Strikes, inflation, price controls,…

Will the bond market bring down the government again?

Back in October, the UK government was brought down by the bond market. The Truss/Kwarteng budget triggered a crash in UK government bonds, driving borrowing…

The “Rigger in Chief”, unmasked!

Breaker Morant is one of my favourite films. I probably re-watch it about once a year and I’ve shown it to my older, now adult…

The week the Brexit dream died

Well, governments rely on someone in the private sector being stupid enough to finance them. Printing money is, after all, known to be a really,…

Bond bombing central bankers’ Wile E. Coyote moment

We remember Guy Fawkes as the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions. But I don’t think central bankers will get away with the…