Chris Taylor

Delighted @ARCTempo_SP won both #Moneyfacts2021Awards for #structuredproducts. BIG thanks to professional advisers supporting Tempo since launch. Contact: info@tempo-sp.com. For professional advisers. Capital at risk. #TimeToRethinkWhatYouThinkYouKnowAboutStructuredProducts

Insightful look at Stephen Yiu / Blue Whale fund. The top calls have clearly gone right, and the decision making is well explained. But do the failings of other star managers leave the question of future calls / key decisions not working out? citywire.com/funds-insider/…

@TheSecretAcct 'mitigate' not motivate ...

@TheSecretAcct I was involved in one of the first such funds, 20 years ago. Dawnay Days. In addition to selling calls, if I remember correctly (I was only passing through the business, on the way to starting my own) it also bought some puts, so you properly motivated downside.

So this week I’ve bought these for my wife’s SIPP (with her money!): WINC JEPQ JEQP SDIV Apart from SDIV they are equity ETFs with enhanced dividends due to selling call options. Upside is restricted in bull markets though as a result but not capped but nice yields of 8-10%. SDIV is just a global very high yield ETF. If they work out I’ll buy them too! Anyone else hold any of them?

@DanNeidle Wouldn't a tribunal claim for unfair dismissal be limited to c£125k - without other factors involved (such as whistleblowing etc to make it automatic unfair dismissal)?

Some very silly legal advice in the Foreign Office document seeking authorisation to give Mandelson a £75k payoff...

@ArashMassoudi @FT Interesting. The rotation back towards undervalued growth is key. This morning, I added an FT article re equal weight to a LinkedIn post I did a week ago re Citywire on the same subject: linkedin.com/posts/chris-ta…

More than one-fifth of constituent stocks in the S&P have gained or lost more than 20 per cent so far this year, with risers outnumbering fallers by approximately two to one, even though the overall S&P 500 index is roughly flat. ft.com/content/c79f74… via @ft

@AlanJLSmith Agreed. Did you see this from @EdConwaySky: x.com/investbridge/s…

Between 1999–2002, Gordon Brown sold 395 tonnes of our gold at around $275/oz - about half of our reserves. Today that same gold is worth £47B+. One of the worst financial decisions made by a modern government.

Fascinating...

This is one of the most extraordinary things you will see, by Marula Eugster Rigolo

@ValaAfshar Wow. Awesome. Thanks for posting.

@TheSecretAcct Solid at the top: Charlie Numn and Will Chalmers.

Who would have thought back when it was a low of 26p in June 2020.

@DudespostingWs 👍. I had a similar issue many moons ago. I was sledging down a hill near Brighton when somebody let their 2-3 year old son wander across the tracks going down the hill. I actually had to reach forward and pick him up and sit him on my lap until getting to the bottom of the hill

@ClarksonsFarm1 If somebody shows you what they're like, believe them.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received that changed your perspective?

@ClarksonsFarm1 Bacon and maramalade toasted sandwiches! IYKYK! My dad (a 2nd generation farmer in Ditchling, near Brighton), also a pig farmer (before swine fever did its worst back in the 60s), got my brothers and I all hooked with this as a Sunday breakfast as kids ...

What's the weirdest food combination you've ever tried that actually tasted good?

@SahilBloom @PopHealthGuy Is it infrared?

@PopHealthGuy Sauna >>>

The single best investment I’ve made in my mental and physical health.

@AlanJLSmith Agreed. Hard to fathom isn't it. Here's a link to a good post (on LinkedIn - I haven't checked for it on X) from Mike Bell breaking down UK inflation: linkedin.com/posts/mike-bel…

3.8% 😂

@LewisCapaldi A truly beautiful song Lewis. A timeless masterpiece... 👏

@BladeoftheS Or put another way, if each of the 150 richest gave the UK govt £365m per year, on top of their current taxes.

If the richest 150 people in the UK got only £1m a day richer instead of £2m. There would be £60bn to spend. And they would still be getting a MILLION Pounds every single day.

@LondonIFA @romankemp I have a sneaky feeling ... 👊

At the #ilpawards table 21 going for gold. Come on @romankemp

This is incredible: Nvidia, $NVDA, now accounts for a record 4.73% of the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI). The MSCI ACWI Index covers ~85% of global equity markets, including large and mid-cap stocks. Nvidia's weight ALONE is now larger than Japan's 4.65% share, the world’s 3rd-largest stock market. By comparison, the UK, China, and Canada account for 3.28%, 2.97%, and 2.87%, respectively. Nvidia’s contribution to the index is now nearly as large as France and Germany COMBINED. Historic is an understatement.

@BBCNews I just heard some of the interview on BBC Radio 2, with John reading some of his daughter's TikTok message re her pride in the way she loved. I'm not sure I've ever heard anything so moving or poignant. Heartbreaking. Such a noble family.

My wife and daughters left a legacy of love, racing commentator John Hunt tells BBC in first interview since murders bbc.in/4k9PiTF