or Socgen or Dexia or maybe Lloyds. Selling some BNP Paribas or Barclays.  Actually, I probably would have been on my way down to get a bacon sandwich, possibly hungover having worked solidly since waking up at 5.30, leaving home at 5.45 and arriving in the office by 6.30. I would have digested the news, the overnight markets, the stories relating to the stocks that my clients hold and would have sat through a morning meeting consisting of analysts; some good, some bad, some boringly useless talking about corporate news (although to be fair the most useless never even manage to get themselves prepared to speak at morning meeting, credit to those who do!). I’ve got 10 minutes before the potatoes for the potato salad for our BBQ tonight are ready, now probably 8. You can’t burn boiled potatoes though, luckily! Continue Reading