Justin is one of the most recognisable and trusted market commentators on television, radio, and in the press.
Originally trained as a lawyer, he has observed the retail market industry for 20 years whilst at Barclays Stockbrokers and developed a unique understanding of the market’s roles and benefits for the private investor.
Each week we will bring you Justin’s latest thoughts and commentry.
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In a week where some of the papers would have you believe that there are ‘reds under the bed’ again, I find our media outbursts of xenophobia to be most unpalatable. Half the time we are delighted to have people investing in Britain, then we suddenly turn around against all this new investment with all the fervor of the Luddite rioters of 1811. We seem to suffer from headlines, some of which border on the racist, of Chinese control of our energy supplies, trains and most crucial of all, Weetabix, to political fears that we are handing over nuclear control to them. Yes, of course there are security and control issues, but we must look back at where we have been successful historically, and that has been where we have been involved in open economies and developed our skills to trade our way to success.
Now we find ourselves attracting new investment but still we have this fear of loss of control. No, what we all need to do is to re-embrace our lost skills of overseas exports, trading and investment, and throw off this tight little jacket of ‘little Englanders’ (including the rest of the UK) and go out and do what we have been known the world over for – international business, trade and finance.
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