UK Auto Production Plunges to 7-Year Low on Slumping Global Demand & “No Deal” Brexit Fears by Nick Corbishley • Aug 2, 2019 • 50 Comments Investment in the auto sector grinds to a halt.
Another UK Fund Just Slammed its Doors Shut on Investors by Nick Corbishley • Jul 19, 2019 • 48 Comments This time, a fund liquidity crisis traps institutional investors, including pension funds.
Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund by Nick Corbishley • Jul 8, 2019 • 31 Comments Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.
UK Auto Sales Drop to Five-Year Low in First Half by Nick Corbishley • Jul 5, 2019 • 29 Comments Driven by Diesel Death-Spiral, “decline in buyer confidence,” plunging sales of plug-in hybrids. But EV sales soar.
UK Government Blew Billions on “Help to Buy” Scheme that Enriched Home Builders and Drove Up Home Prices. Taxpayers on the Hook When Prices Sink, New Report Warns by Don Quijones • Jun 13, 2019 • 17 Comments But it helped high-income people buy homes.
About this Biggest Plunge Since 2002 in Manufacturing in the UK by Don Quijones • Jun 11, 2019 • 30 Comments It was a doozie, but it shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Here’s why.
Another UK Outsourcing Giant Teeters, Collapsed Shares Add to Woes of Woodford Fund that Just Froze Withdrawals by Don Quijones • Jun 5, 2019 • 35 Comments Kier shares are one of the biggest holdings of Woodford Equity Income fund.
UK Banks Double Down on High-Risk Mortgage Products to Prop Up Housing Market by Don Quijones • May 16, 2019 • 50 Comments Like the mortgage crisis never happened.
After Shares Collapse, Mini Bank-Run Begins as UK Lender Counts Cost of Broken Trust by Don Quijones • May 13, 2019 • 28 Comments This time it’s about the safe deposit boxes at Metro Bank.
Businesses in “Critical Distress,” Bankruptcies Surge in the UK by Don Quijones • May 7, 2019 • 21 Comments “Zombie firms,” kept alive by low interest rates, account for up to 14% of UK companies.