Property Consulting

Property Prices in the U.K. are nine times that of earnings:

Kirstie Allsopp was held under great criticism for suggesting modern lifestyle choices, for example subscriptions for streaming application and exercise institutes, - should be stopped and or altered. This is in order to afford housing and allowing, oneself to get onto the property ladder. The difficulties with getting on the housing ladder is the multiplex of costs involved are immense ; one has to pay a deposit, there are restrictions on how much money can be borrowed. In the late 20th Century the house prices were approximately only 4 to 5 times earnings which we can no

Macro Economics, Market Commentary

Inflation? “Not yet.” Reset Markets? “Not yet.” Tapering? “Not yet.”

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell  quietened the market with just two words on Wednesday: “Not yet.” Powell’s comment sent yield on the 10-year Treasury bond tumbling and helped equity markets in US and Europe to recover from deep red to green. The US indices ended in the green, while the US dollar slumped over 0.5 per cent. “Not yet” to the expectation that the US Federal Reserve have to move earlier than expected to taper its bond purchases and consider interest rate hikes. "Tapering" is the gradual reversal of a quantitative easing policy implemented by a central bank to st

alternative assets, digital assets

Is bitcoin a safe-haven asset? Or a lie?

While checking-out of a DIY store over the weekend I overheard two young cashiers talking about investing all their savings in Bitcoins. I was concerned. Why? Fact:The price of bitcoin hit a new high of $57,505 nearly 6 times its value one year ago. Recently:In 2017, Bitcoin prices climbed 15-fold, before bubble proved unsustainable, and then bitcoin's price crashed 80% by the end of 2018. The mania:Is bitcoin "a lie," or  "the stimulus asset"?Is bitcoin "a lie," or  the new "safe-haven asset"? For me bitcoin is the new obsession. In the light of modern obsessions that have