Get thee behind me, 2022
Everybody’s spoken or unspoken prayers that 2022 would be a significant improvement on the misery of the covid-blighted years of 2020 and...
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geoffreysambrook
Dec 7, 2022
Disorderly? When?
I should begin this piece by saying that I have no inside information, no direct line to any of the parties, so my comments are based...
Richard Horswill
Dec 1, 2022
Alice in Central Banker Land
TThis article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Alice was not quite sure who she was going to...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 16, 2022
How an iron-making Welshman founded Donetsk
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Donetsk, Pittsburgh, Bochum,...
Martin Hayes
Nov 1, 2022
LME Week 2022: the return to (a new) normal
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. It’s autumn in the UK, and that...
Clem Danin
Oct 26, 2022
Keep the Navy off your yacht!
This article was written by Clem Danin. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The LME was run by a Board and Committee...
geoffreysambrook
Oct 21, 2022
Chaos, disappointment and farce
It’s not been a stellar year for quite a number of bits of the traditional British establishment. Chaos and disappointment definitely...
Richard Horswill
Oct 5, 2022
The Vapors are overpowering
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. One might be excused for not...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 14, 2022
Shameful day, LME
Corporate reactions to the period leading up to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and to the day of the funeral itself, are necessarily...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 8, 2022
Wrong kind of LME experience?
This isn’t going to be a long read, mainly because I still feel I’m on holiday, but just a couple of thoughts about where the LME is, and...
Richard Horswill
Aug 31, 2022
Repo replay
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 17, 2022
Windfall
I’m sorry to come back again to the same topic as last week, but the increasingly hysterical reaction to energy prices forces me to....
geoffreysambrook
Aug 12, 2022
Lacking energy
One morning this week, I heard a “consumer affairs champion” (not my choice of nomenclature) ranting hysterically – and I do mean...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 3, 2022
Not a happy place
So far, this year has not been a stellar one for the metals business and the LME. Prices have declined, and the LME has has shown its...
Martin Hayes
Jul 13, 2022
LME/OTC – I'll be watching you
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. From July 18th, the LME will introduce...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 6, 2022
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?
There are probably as many interpretations of the story in the Book of Revelation of the four horsemen of the apocalypse as there are...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 17, 2022
Nickel, petrol and rugby
So, as widely predicted, the nickel lawsuits are beginning to drop through the LME’s letterbox. Fun times ahead for the lawyers, I...
Richard Horswill
Jun 8, 2022
The Great Unwind
This article was written by Richard Horswill; all views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. As of 1st June 2022 the Federal...
geoffreysambrook
May 4, 2022
Windfall tax……
Well, here we go: BP announces a hefty profit and the siren call is raised – “let there be a windfall tax on energy company profits!”...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 20, 2022
Oil in troubled waters
Trading Exchanges don’t always get things right. We’ve written on here for the past four or five weeks a succession of articles which...
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