April 12, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Who benefits when you pay a little more for your cappuccino? Pros and cons of Fair Trade … and is it worth it? The two main stumbling blocks are one, that it is hard to know that the product for which you are paying more is indeed a Fair Trade one, and two, not many…
April 2, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Alien spaceships above the Grand Canyon from the computer Game of War. One thing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has taught us: do not expect the status quo to remain. Walk through any public area and you’ll see people glued to their phones, playing mobile games like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga. They aren’t…
March 14, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Jeremy Clarkson captures the joys of farming at Diddly Squat. James Rebanks, author of A Shepherd’s Life, says the Amazon series has done more for British farming than everything else put together. Rural land is becoming the investment of choice for the mega-rich. Back in August last year, Bill Gates made headlines by buying up…
February 28, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
The quotation from John Donne, metaphysical poets’ founder and dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, as apt today, with the world watching appalled as Vladimir Putin invades yet another former member of the USSR, as it was in the XVI century. The West starts to unite One of the abiding images of Russia’s attack on Ukraine…
February 14, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite orbiting above Belarus on January 22. Elon Musk’s Starlink hit the headlines when up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update* Tuesday night. SpaceX…
February 7, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
What keeps you awake at night? At least Amazon’s purchase of the Rivian sustainable transport company may protect you from vehicle noise at night. Apart from dogs, neighbours and noisy cars of course. Johnny and Juliet Kipps have now arrived in St Lucia after a great trip across the Atlantic. It gave them time to…
January 31, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Mixed messages from economic gurus The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of the great amid the Davos’s snows has been postponed. It was due to take place from January 17-21. In its latest World Economic Outlook released last Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund predicts that global growth is expected to moderate from 5.9% in 2021 to…
January 23, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Bad start to 2022 just got a whole lot worse The FTSE 100 dropped 1.3% to close at 7,494 on Friday, the lowest since January 10th, extending losses for the second straight session as investors remained concerned about the impact of rising inflation and tighter monetary policy by major central banks on the slowing economic…
January 15, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
10 business risks to consider The one-year anniversary of the first attack on the U.S. Capitol in two centuries passed in silence Thursday as differences between congressional Democrats and Republicans about the deadly riot were on stark display.VOA January 6 As we settle back behind our desks or don smart shirts for Zoom meetings, what…
Storms ahead for all energy prices, not only electricity. Inflation inflating. Stock markets trembling. Cost of energy becoming the key issue for the British government. Never has business needed a fast, reliable “What If?” financial program like Forecast 5 more than now. It is time for calm reflection and careful analysis. Johnny Kipps, the UK…