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...
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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...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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....
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Lord Copper
- 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!”...
Lord Copper
- 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...
Martin Hayes
- Apr 13, 2022
LME: Worth a reboot after nickel goes to the edge?
This article was written by Martin Hates. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. After the events of early-March, when...
Steven Spencer
- Apr 6, 2022
A long time coming, LME?
This article was written by Steven Spencer. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The LME today (4th April) issued a...
Lord Copper
- Mar 23, 2022
Why did it go wrong?
The tribulations of the LME nickel market continue to make the general press, so I thought it apposite to make a couple more observations...
Lord Copper
- Mar 16, 2022
Badly done, LME
It used to be so simple, so obvious. The London Metal Exchange was a chalk circle, drawn on the floor, around which a bunch of...
Martin Hayes
- Mar 9, 2022
Not yet a 21st Century Tin Crisis?
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Those of us with long memories will recall when...
Lord Copper
- Mar 2, 2022
Crime and Punishment
Back in August 2015, I wrote an article on here about the sentencing of Tom Hayes, an interest rate trader, in connection with the...
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