Monopoly Rules : Private Equity Wins. Everyone else go straight to jail & don’t collect £200.
"This Christmas the Monopoly box has remained in the games cupboard. Most years we play Monopoly at least once. This year we found other games to play. Like ‘Drawful’, where we are given a title for a drawing that we then have to draw so everyone else can try to…"
Read more31/12/2023Chris Welsford
In which Mr Kwarteng & Mrs Truss fix Britain
"Events of the last 10 days have accelerated interest rate rises, done little or nothing to address inflation or the cost of living crisis and inflicted further pain on cautious investors holding bonds and infrastructure investment funds. Equity investors have not been left unscathed but ultimately the shares of good…"
Read more03/10/2022Chris WelsfordHonesty is a dangerous policy at a major bank
"The name Stewart Kirk is likely to become synonymous with crazy public outbursts, cancel culture and climate change denial but I think his presentation was an honest and heartfelt expression of HSBC’s de facto position. Of course, one cannot know for sure what Kirk’s motive was beyond what he actually…"
Read more28/05/2022Chris WelsfordThe Welsford Report – October 2018
"Lithium-ion Battery Production – Not Child's Play! This report was authored by Ell Welsford, ESG & Ethics Team Leader for Ayres Punchard. Foreword by Chris Welsford The Black Country Museum at Tipton in the West Midlands is an absolutely fascinating place to visit. It’s what’s known as living history, with…"
Read more03/10/2018Chris WelsfordThe Welsford Report – Jan/Feb 2018
"Is Investing in Palm Oil a Slippery Slope? Palm Oil is contained within half of all packaged goods that can be bought in your local supermarket, however its production has been linked to serious environmental, social, governance and ethical issues. Plantations are built on deforested land, destroying local biodiversity (destroying the…"
Read more16/02/2018Chris WelsfordThe Welsford Report – December 2017
"The Smoggy Island The first electric vehicles were invented in Britain in the 1830s, but the patent for the first working internal combustion engine – powered by fossil fuels – was granted in 1854, and the electric engine fell into the dark, smoky shadow of its competition. There’s something in…"
Read more15/12/2017Chris Welsford
