Tim Price

Today’s Capital & Conflict comes from the latest issue of The Price Report by investment director Tim Price. Within my asset management business, we deal with two levels of emotional responses to the state of the financial markets. At one…

Investors have been favouring high dividend-paying stocks for some time. But they’re getting exceedingly expensive, says Tim Price.

We live in a new world order; a time when the game has utterly changed. Tim Price looks at the new rules we’re going to have to play by.

Governments want to pin the blame for the world’s economic mess on speculators and hedge funds. And their attempts to regulate them are destroying free markets, says Tim Price.

“Financial martial law” is a more powerful and destructive version of financial repression. It’s coming to Britain, says Tim Price. And it’s a direct threat to your freedom.

Remain lost the war, says Tim Price. Better by far that they come to terms with the peace as quickly as possible.

The EU is nothing more than a gravy train for unelected Brussels-based bureaucrats, says Tim Price. The sooner we are out of it, the better.

Sending interest rates negative will pile on the pain for savers, says Tim Price. And it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

Tim Price look back at how the British media’s financial pundits fared with their tips in 2015, and casts an eye over what they’re tipping for the year ahead.

The markets’ reaction to the ECB announcement on quantitative easing demonstrates just how much power central bankers have. Here, Tim Price looks at how long a system this dysfunctional can last.

Tim Price looks at what the government and central banks could have done differently in the financial crisis of 2008, and how the next collapse might unfold.

When the market finally unravels, says City insider Tim Price, we’ll find out whether bankers are working for the bank, themselves, or their clients.

Janet Yellen let the cat out of the bag at the last Federal Reserve meeting, says Tim Price. Central bankers have no idea what they’re doing.

Central banks claim to set interest rates for the benefit of all. But the way they manipulate the price of money is hurting all but a very small elite.

China’s decision to devalue the yen is a clear signal for investors to take cover, says Tim Price. That means holding gold.

There is far too much debt in the financial system, says Tim Price. And there are only three ways that problem can be resolved.

If we are at the early stages of a bond bear market, says Tim Price, the implications for equity investors are worrying.

Tim Price explains why a company’s opulent headquarters can be a worrying sign of its attitude to money, and to you as a shareholder.

Franklin D Roosevelt was a political giant who achieved re-election three times. His economic achievements are questionable, but his bravery is not, says Tim Price.

Tim Price explains what you should watch our for when choosing a fund manager to look after your money.

A two-decade bear market has left many high-quality Japanese companies trading at attractive prices, says Tim Price.

Anyone with assets is now fair game for increasingly desperate bankers and their apologists, says Tim Price.

The financial markets may penalise ignorance, but false knowledge can be a whole lot more deadly. Tim Price outlines half a dozen investment truisms that simply aren’t true.

When the next financial giant comes cap-in-hand for taxpayers’ cash, let it fail, says Tim Price.

The financial world has been turned on its head and investors have lost touch with reality, says Tim Price.

Traders are ten-a-penny. Becoming an owner is the surest path to riches, says Tim Price. And it’s more owners we so desperately need.

A fractured society of ultra-affluent ‘haves’ and a growing underclass of ‘have-nots’ sounds like fiction, says Tim Price. But it isn’t.

Fleet Street’s finest share tipsters didn’t fare too well in a tricky 2014. Tim Price looks at how they performe, and what they’re tipping for the year ahead.

All the signs of an impending financial disaster have been there for decades, says Tim Price. Now, it’s finally on its way.

Investors have been goaded into taking excessive risks, says Tim Price. Central banks only have themselves to blame.

It’s time to follow ‘good time’ Charlie Merrill’s advice – stop overpaying for trash and put your financial house in order, says Tim Price.

The financial authorities are probably normal and well-intentioned people, says Tim Price. But their actions are causing a great deal of damage.

Tim Price on how the British press’s financial pundits fared with their tips in 2013, and what they’re tipping for the year ahead.

The environment for investors is the most challenging for decades as governments and central banks distort the markets. Tim Price explains how to protect your wealth.

The unparalleled government intervention in financial markets, the wider economy, and society as a whole cannot possibly end well, says Tim Price.

Gold has fallen out of favour with investors. But as Tim Price explains, the reasons for owning it haven’t changed.

The market in Western government bonds is a tinderbox waiting to explode, says Tim Price. Here, he explains how to protect your portfolio.

History tells us that currency crises start slowly, then suddenly explode, leaving devastation in their wake. Here, Tim Price explains why gold is the best way to protect your wealth as the euro crisis threatens to go the same way.

This British insurer with its heavy exposure to a Chinese hard landing is best avoided, says Tim Price.

With Western governments set on devaluing their currencies further, this giant precious metals miner is a buy, says Tim Price.

The markets hate nothing more than a bear, says Tim Price – but it will be the optimists who get burnt.

Printing infinite amounts of money may be great for the stock markets, says Tim Price. That is until we can no longer afford so much as a cup of coffee.

Wealth preservation has taken on an Alice in Wonderland quality, says Tim Price. You have to run twice as fast just to stay still.

If the European Central Bank’s plan to refinance European banks sounds like a giant Ponzi scheme, that’s because it is, says Tim Price. Here’s how to protect your wealth.

Tim Price looks at the fraud being perpetrated by central banks on a daily basis.

Governments are predestined to fail, says Tim Price. Because, as Mrs Thatcher observed, sooner or later they run out of your money.

Economists have fanned the flames of the financial crisis with their half-baked fixes. But just who exactly is responsible for the whole mess? Tim Price investigates.

Shares aren’t the money-makers investors believe them to be, says Tim Price – you’re much better off putting your money elsewhere. Here, he explains where that is.

With little growth and huge debt burdens, Western economies are stagnating. Meanwhile, emerging economies are forging ahead. That presents huge challenges for investors. So what should you do? Tim Price explains how to preserve your money as the East rises and the West sinks.

Far from solving the financial crisis, modern economic theories have made it worse. But one school of thought has much to teach the modern investor, says Tim Price. Here, he explains the basics of the ‘Austrian’ school of economics.

Asset allocation is the most important driver of long-term investment success. A properly diversified, well-balanced portfolio is essential for every investor whatever their time horizon and risk appetite. Tim Price explains why, and picks the best four asset classes to buy now.

Can you reduce the complex business of investing to a few simple rules? It sounds too good to be true. But the story of Jesse Livermore, one of the most consistently successful traders in history, suggests that you can, says Tim Price. More to the point, you probably should.

The financial services sector has grown like an untamed weed over the last two decades, says Tim Price. Here are ten rules to help bring it back under control.

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