This part of the website contains links and downloads for some of the articles I have written in recent years. Some of them were published in the Press, some of them have been shared with clients or posted on my blog on a sporadic basis.
They are written to help me express my views and opinions about some of the important issues in contemporary economic themes. If you would like to get a feel for how I have viewed the changing economic world over the past few years then please have a look at them, any comments are most welcome.
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Articles & Papers
The Algarve Property Market Continues Its Decline. Client note June 2011.
Avoid Losing Money in Unregulated Investments. Citywire article published Dec 2010.
The Post-Credit Crunch World: The View From Monaco. October 2010.
Portugal's Property Glut. Client note July 2010.
A weekly editorial for the Rivieralife.tv website discussing economic events and issues in the context of life on the French Riviera:
Monaco's Japan exhibition - A timely reminder. Published 26th July 2010.
Can you trust your banker? Published 19th July 2010.
How will Monaco secure its future? Published 12th July 2010.
How France intends to cut its deficit. Published 25th June 2010.
Classic car auction in Monaco attracts investors & enthusiasts alike. Published 7th May 2010.
How does the Greek crisis affect your bank? Published 30th April 2010
Return of the big spenders. Published 23rd April 2010
Top Marques car show Monaco. Published 16th April 2010
Expect more strikes in France. Published 9th April 2010
Riviera property popular but prices have fallen. Published 2nd April 2010
Carbon tax dumped but new taxes planned. Published 26th March 2010
Riviera living set to get more expensive. Published 19th March 2010
Euro battered but not as much as the Pound. Published 12th March 2010
Written for Moneyweek, the best selling financial magazine in the UK, and published on their website:
Why 2009 is not 2003. Published in Moneyweek, Sept 2009.
Is commercial property in terminal decline? Published in Moneyweek, April 2010.
The Monte Carlo Report blog. My thoughts and views on topical economic themes:
Views on the Fed's move to buy US Treasuries. Published March 2009.
Is the luxury car market facing long term decline? Published Sept 2008.
Why US debt makes the country vulnerable. Published July 2008.
Who will pull out of the Euro first? Published July 2008.
The Domino Effect. Published June 2008.
Inflation Deflation Stagflation. Published May 2008.
Return of the bear market. Published March 2008.
How did so many people come to own two houses? Published February 2008.
Sell sell sell! Published February 2008.
Is the Fed wearing the Emperors new clothes? Published February 2008.
Written for the Connexion, an English language magazine aimed at Expats in France, when I was also working as a consultant for a Monaco investment firm:
Gains are still possible, even in this climate. Published April 2009 in Connexion magazine