Author Archives: Alastair McCaig

Alastair McCaig on BBC Radio Scotland

By | February 21, 2012

Alastair McCaig talks to BBC Radio Scotland about yesterday’s vote on the next tranche of the Greek Bailout money and the unmentioned issue of addressing not just austerity in Greece but also trying to stimulate the economy too.

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Alastair McCaig on BBC Radio’s “Wake Up to Money” and Radio 4

By | February 16, 2012

Alastair McCaig appears on BBC Radio’s “Wake Up to Money”. In his first segment he talks about today’s news: The possibility of continuing tranches of quantitative easing by the Bank of England; The candidates for the presidency of the World Bank; The increasing scrutiny of the banking sector by the OFT, particularly with the implications [...]

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Should Stephen Hester think about applying for the vacant England job?

By | February 9, 2012

After listening to an interview with the Royal Bank of Scotland Chairman Stephen Hester on 8 February 2012, I was left with several thoughts going through my head. Firstly a salary of £1.2 million would ensure that I am finally able to let Mrs McCaig buy that new kitchen that she has been haggling for [...]

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Alastair McCaig on BBC Scotland

By | February 6, 2012

Alastair McCaig appears on BBC Scotland on 6 February, talking about the positivity in the US markets and the lack of Greek debt agreement dragging down market sentiment. Alastair also looks to the week ahead with reports due from BP, GSK, TUI Travel, BHP Billiton, Barclays, Rio Tinto, Vodafone and Barclays. Listen to the interview [...]

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Are the volumes telling a different story to the FTSE levels?

By | February 2, 2012

The start to 2012 has been in stark contrast to how 2011 ended. I have heard far fewer comments on how Italy, Spain or any other European country will be the next domino to fall. This has been backed up with the 10 year Sovereign debt yields falling back well below the perceived 7% danger [...]

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