Chris Bailey

Today is Ascension Day. It is also the name of the second song on Talk Talk's finale album Laughing Stock. Have heard many mention track three as their personal favourite. My view? I evolve between one of the first three songs, so easier to listen to all! youtube.com/watch?v=1-DaZi…

15 years ago today! Absolute classic - and always my biggest fear that I would do something similar when I joined Twitter a couple of years later. #HappyEdBallsDay

Always a perfect song for today I never tire of listening to 'The Colour of Spring' album by Talk Talk. The fourth song on the only eight song album, feels like it was written on a cool pre-Easter 1985 morning of possibilities beyond a natural awakening youtube.com/watch?v=cRx0rq…

Finally, I finished it! Correctly dedicated to 'Everybody who helped out in the few months after 11.30 a.m. on Thursday 19 November 2020', but apart from brain bleed chat, inevitably there are plenty of investment thoughts, along with some philosophy 🙂 3amwakeup.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/3-a…

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2026. "And yet I'll gaze The colour of spring Immerse in that one moment Left in love with everything Soar the bridges That I burnt before One song among us all" youtube.com/watch?v=Pdf--O…

Happy New Year & best wishes for a successful 2026. As always, the glass should always be viewed as being half full. "Don't forget Don't forget You expected Aristotle Onassis But instead you got Mister James Fennings from Prestwich, in Cumbria, down!" youtube.com/watch?v=CAHbSA…

Will share a few global investment thoughts on full year 2026 this coming Sunday...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It has got to that moment on Christmas Eve when it is time to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, turn off the computer, and remember that #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie (and if you need to remember why it is such a brilliant film then watch...) youtube.com/watch?v=4kXMaT…

Sometimes it is good to be different

Something for all multi-asset global investors to be thinking about when considering their asset allocation decisions for the rest of this decade (and beyond).

Excellent reminder of active / individual stock opportunities (even when many are so focused on the world of AI and related)

I expect any current cash allocation in my personal pension fund to be lower by the end of the week. Specific choice of equity/real asset choices always matters, so don't expect it to be any of the current largest cap global names or passive allocations. Keep thinking/good luck

Yes, a busy global corporate earnings season awaits. The key as always are the comments and insights, not a simplistic beat/miss call. Bring on the insights! (And then add the macro, political, tariff, and central bank insights too)

Hello again 'extreme fear' (and usefully - after the banking sector warm up over recent days - peak quarterly global earnings season occurs over the next 2-3 weeks; forget whether companies beat or miss, focus more on comments/ Q&A insights re company, sector & trade realities)

Worth listening to today's $BF.B investor day webcast /presentation "That's what makes Jack, Jack" investors.brown-forman.com/investors/even…. Premiumization may not be popular today, but strong stories and strong brands work in many ways (including free cash flow & Dividend Aristocrats membership)

"Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible, always believing" My investment allocation opinion remains the same: it is always good to have 'shiny' exposure in your portfolio. Either side of 10% works for me. Don't just pile in now

@LiveSquawk What is that saying again? Ah, that's it: 'It takes one to know one' ;-)

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Good to hold equities YTD; got keep an eye on scope/not for finance in Europe, tech in US "The headline S&P Europe 350® continued its upward trend in 2025, posting a Q3 return of 4% and beating its performance in Q2...Q3 was also a mixed bag for the reported fixed income indices"