Clem Chambers

Spanish economic minister Luis de Guindos has today denied that the country is seeking a bailout of its banking sector. Following growing speculation Mr de Guindos stated that “I have absolutely not discussed any intervention in Spain’s banks”. The remarks helped boost the Spanish market, with a 3% rise on Wednesday morning. There remains doubt […]

A slump isn’t over before there is terror in the media; and whilst there is fear there is currently no headline saying “CRASH”. As such, I’m not optimistic that this summer slump is over. All the warning signs are flashing. The pound has collapsed against the Yen, a sign of a sudden flight to havens. […]

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6 May 2012 Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande wins the French Presidential election, beating centre-right pro-austerity incumbent and close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy. 6 May 2012 Greek election sees no party with a majority with heavy gains for parties against the EU austerity strategy. 13 May 2012 Greece’s President, Karolos Papoulias, […]

‘Buy now’ is not really a sensible thing to do as we could fall 10% more in the next few days. However we might not and when a stock looks right you should buy regardless. This has caused me to buy Flybe, which I suppose is a very risky buy. Airlines go bust all the […]

This week will decide if this is the crash of the summer or the current move is just a nasty shake. I’m sitting on a little Lamprel, torn between taking a quick 25% profit and holding it for the long term and perhaps a 100% or more. The trouble with fast 20% profits is they […]

The ECB “long term refinancing operation” is two things. Firstly, it is an outcome of agreement. It means Germany will stomach inflation. Why not? Germany will prosper even more under inflation. A few percentage points of inflation will lower the euro and make Germany an even greater powerhouse. What a sacrifice for Germany to make […]

Interesting times in the market. To crash or not to crash, that is the question. I feel it isn’t going to crash but that’s a guess. It’s a speculation that the market doesn’t like to deliver the expected and a crash is what everyone is thinking will happen this summer. Meanwhile the Euro is falling […]

I always try and remind myself not to sell when my portfolio is suffering a reversal. The key thing is to ride out storms. As long as you are investing sensibly there is not too much to worry about. Only when something massively bad has/is happening should you think of selling, something huge like the […]

Gold, of course, rises and anything else that involves costs billed in firmer currencies. Europe will not have austerity, it will try and nibble away at the edges but that won’t be enough to halt the slide. Meanwhile, even the mild austerity that will get dished out will be punished at the ballot box. The […]