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Lord William Rees Mogg
Lord William Rees-Mogg

Leading political editor William Rees-Mogg is former editor-in-chief for The Times and a member of the House of Lords. He has been credited with accurately forecasting glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the 1987 crash. His financial insights can only be found in the Fleet Street Letter. Established in 1938, it is the UK's longest-running investment newsletter.

 
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Gordon Brown : a sub-Prime Minister - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

Gordon Brown lack the leadership qualities to be an effective Prime Minister


Playing Politics with Protectionism - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

The Democratic nomination battle has seen the leading candidates talk up protectionism


Underpriced Risk in Euroland - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

There are two Europe’s in terms of credit risk


Why Inflation is The Lesser of Two Evils - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

A big difference between 1929 and today is that back then, deflation increased the debt load


MPs The Case for a Pay Increase - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

After the recent expense account fiddles, there’s an argument for paying our politicians more


Britain Sovereignty Eroded by Stealth - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

The Government is ceding Britain’s sovereignty by stealth and breaking its promise to the electorate.


Obamamania - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

I think that Europe is about to suffer an outbreak of Obamamania, just as we caught the epidemic of Kennedymania in 1961, when Camelot and the young President seized everyone’s imagination.


Gold has always held its' value - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

Most investment assets are fiduciary; only a minority of them are 'real' as in the sense of 'real estate'. These 'real' assets tend not to be liquid. Inexperienced investors underrate the importance of the liquidity of an investment. They do not realise that it is one thing to own a marketable security, and quite a different thing to own a house.


Understanding Gold Investment - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

In January 2007, the gold price was around $600 an ounce; at the end of January 2008, the gold price touched a new peak of $929 an ounce. That is a rise of 50% in twelve months. The rapidity of the rise invites the question whether it can be sustained...


The Inevitable Fate of Paper Money - by Lord William Rees-Mogg

All paper money has historically proved defective in terms of one of the classic functions of money. Nineteenth century economists such as William Stanley Jerons a great economist by any test taught that money ought to act as a store of value. There is no fiduciary issue which has survived the period since the end of the Second World War in 1945 without very substantial depreciation. Even comparatively respectable currencies, like the pound or the dollar, have lost a significant proportion of their purchasing power since 1945, and are expected to continue to lose purchasing power for the foreseeable future...



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