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Governments and political parties that are split cause irrevocable damage to the economy, writes David Buik

26 September 2023, 08:42 By David Buik This week I am going to head 'off-piste' into the political jungle of UK politics and how the chasms of...

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'Right out of the blue’: How the 9/11 attacks blindsided Wall Street, writes David Buik

12 September 2023, 09:42 By David Buik “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” The world has experienced a...

12.09.2023 2

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M&S to 'rise like the phoenix from the ashes - the right merchandise at the right price sells'

4 September 2023, 11:52 By David Buik Having spent an embarrassing four years in the wilderness, out of the FTSE 100, investors and consumers alike...

04.09.2023 2

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Come September, will stockmarket investors hold their nerve or are the economic fundamentals too ominous?

21 August 2023, 06:39 By David Buik At the start of the year the cumuli nimbus clouds hanging over global stock markets looked both ominous and...

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The 2008/9 global banking crisis has certainly taken its toll on society – we have yet to recover! Writes David Buik

14 August 2023, 07:07 By David Buik David Buik is LBC's Markets Commentator and a Consultant to Aquis Exchange There is little doubt that the...

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The troubled tenure of RBS/NatWest CEOs: A poisoned chalice for over a decade, writes David Buik

31 July 2023, 06:42 By David Buik For a decade, the office of CEO at RBS/NatWest was a 'poisoned chalice.' Davies and Rose looked like the dream...

31.07.2023 5

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Cost of living crisis? - That's not reflected in retail and travel activity, writes David Buik

27 July 2023, 07:49 By David Buik Here we are entering the second half of the year. The economic outlook is hardly encouraging. Inflation rages,...

27.07.2023 3

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Independent pay review board recommendations agreed by government - but don't hold your breath long term!

13 July 2023, 18:57 By David Buik UK inflation hit 11.1% in October 2022. In December 2022, Mick Lynch called his RMT members out on a series of...

13.07.2023 3

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Some useful form shown by some equity markets - improvement for the rest of the year remains an imponderable

5 July 2023, 12:49 By David Buik Yesterday was ‘Independence Day’ in the United States; So, I thought it might be appropriate to submit a...

05.07.2023 3

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Inflation has experienced a rocky road over the last 50 years!

19 June 2023, 06:53 By David Buik The media today, through its many facets and antennae, is more influential than at any time in living memory....

19.06.2023 5

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Small and medium-sized enterprises, the bedrock of UK business. Are they the forgotten heroes?

9 June 2023, 08:14 By David Buik The Johnson Administration took office in December 2019, with a significant overall majority of 80 seats. To say...

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UK Government faces high-stakes balancing act: Taming inflation amidst looming election

2 June 2023, 09:56 By David Buik Ahead of the May Bank Holiday, I was rather surprised to read that PM Sunak and Chancellor Hunt were rumoured to...

02.06.2023 3

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At long last M&S's renaissance now seems under a wet sail

24 May 2023, 11:11 By David Buik Today’s full year results from M&S – I still prefer to call the brand St Michael’s – suggests that the...

24.05.2023 4

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Will JP Morgan's bailout of First Republic finally bring a halt to contagion in the banking sector?

3 May 2023, 09:45 By David Buik Last week was a massive earnings week in the US. However, investors’ response to it until Thursday was relatively...

03.05.2023 6

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David Buik examines a fascinating new tool that provides detailed data on financial issues using Artificial Intelligence

28 April 2023, 06:25 By David Buik David Buik looks at a new tool that can provide detailed data on an array of financial issues using Artificial...

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Waves of concern continue to ripple across the global banking sector, writes David Buik

27 April 2023, 06:57 By David Buik On Friday 14th April and Tuesday 18th April, there was a slew of great US bank earnings, including JP Morgan,...

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Restoring trust in the CBI quickly will be a task of Herculean proportion, writes David Buik

12 April 2023, 06:57 By David Buik The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) was formed in 1965, with the wholesale support of PM Harold...

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The Government must gamble, by spending to encourage investment in UK, thus creating growth

3 April 2023, 06:55 By David Buik In the last month, the world at large has been preoccupied with the threat of banking contagion, triggered by the...

03.04.2023 10

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How the threat of a global banking crisis appeared to influence Central Bank monetary policy!

24 March 2023, 06:56 By David Buik The month of March 2023 saw the world’s economy, and its markets hurled into a vortex of almost uncontrollable...

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This banking crisis is very different to 2008 - let's hope for calm before too long

20 March 2023, 07:46 By David Buik Fifteen years ago, few will forget the lengthy queues that formed outside many branches of Northern Rock. The...

20.03.2023 10

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There is a glimmer of hope - so much taxation - and so little time

16 March 2023, 06:23 By David Buik In his first Budget since becoming Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt superficially offered hope for the future, but it...

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