What caught my eye this week. Were you one of the millions who a few years ago became obsessed with the fall of the Roman Empire? Being stuck inside during the pandemic saw minds of a certain age turn to the rise of Julius Caesar, the demise of the Republic, and how Rome was eventually [...]
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What caught my eye this week. Despite all the noise about US mega-cap tech shares and the gloom around the moribund UK economy, London’s FTSE 100 index beat the hallowed US markets in 2025: ((Graph below shows 12 months to 2 January 2026. Date ranges are a pain in Google these days, but I’m still [...]