400 years of boom and bust
I just had a quick tour of the British Museum inspired by an article I read in The Telegraph about their exhibition of British bubbles and bankruptcies. The exhibition traces back schemes from the 1600s, such as the Darien Disaster, right through the Railway Mania and Overend and Gurney Bank failure of 1866 through to Northern…
400 years of boom and bust
I just had a quick tour of the British Museum inspired by an article I read in The Telegraph about their exhibition of British bubbles and bankruptcies. The exhibition traces back schemes from the 1600s, such as the Darien Disaster, right through the Railway Mania and Overend and Gurney Bank failure of 1866 through to Northern…
Were Skinner’s 2012 predictions correct?
At the start of the year, I always make a few predictions about what will happen in the following year. Watch this blog in January for 2013’s predictions. But what were the predictions for 2012? Well Economically, I made the following forecasts: Asia’s light continues to shine, but not quite as bright American equities is the place…
Were Skinner’s 2012 predictions correct?
At the start of the year, I always make a few predictions about what will happen in the following year. Watch this blog in January for 2013’s predictions. But what were the predictions for 2012? Well Economically, I made the following forecasts: Asia’s light continues to shine, but not quite as bright American equities is the place…
Risk is a many splendored thing
I was asked to give a pre-dinner speech by SAS for a group of Chief Risk Officers (CRO’s) in Amsterdam recently. Here’s the speech. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I wasn’t sure how to start this evening, and decided to begin with the collective noun for a group of CRO’s. You are collectively known as a…
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