By: Helen Thomas

CEO & Founder - Blonde Money Helen Thomas CEO and Richard Brownlees COO set up BlondeMoney almost a decade ago to bring together the worlds of Westminster and Wall Street.

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Will Britain follow Japan’s great growth gamble?

Opinion

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has unveiled an expansionary economic blueprint aiming to break Japan’s long-standing cycle of stagnation through state-led investment, creating a precarious balancing act for the Bank of Japan as it attempts to maintain market confidence and monetary stability, says Helen Thomas A newly installed leader promises to break with the economic [...]
Andy Burnham should start by scrapping the £100k tax trap

Opinion

Cutting taxes is expensive, but there is a way Andy Burnham could make them simpler and fairer, says Helen Thomas Andy Burnham’s first interview as Labour’s presumptive Prime Minister contained a somewhat unlikely observation. Speaking to the Sunday Times, he said one issue repeatedly raised on the doorstep was the frozen £12,570 personal allowance. It [...]
Could an England World Cup win boost the markets?

Opinion

The equity markets of World Cup-winning countries frequently outperform immediately after victory. A Goldman Sachs study of tournaments from 1974-2014 found that every winner except Brazil in 2002 subsequently enjoyed a period of market outperformance, says Helen Thomas If football finally came home, what might it do for financial markets, aside from a late start [...]

South Korea is the canary in the coalmine of the AI boom

July 7, 2026

South Korea’s experiment with leveraged single-stock ETFs has shown how quickly passive investing, concentrated markets and retail speculation can feed on one another, says Helen Thomas The new frontier for the AI boom isn’t Silicon Valley but South Korea. While the country has long been home to technology giants such as Samsung Electronics, the country’s [...]
Are we about to see one of the biggest shifts in monetary policy since the financial crisis?

June 30, 2026

Chair Kevin Warsh believes the Federal Reserve should offer forward guidance, arguing that promises about future policy quickly become shackles around a central bank’s neck. He could be about to get his way, says Helen Thomas As the first half of the year draws to a close, the world’s leading central bankers gather this week [...]
The next Prime Minister can change the conversation on the fiscal rules

June 23, 2026

Since the defenestration of Liz Truss, the OBR has become an obsession in British politics. It need not be this way. Independent fiscal institutions are supposed to inform politics, not rule it. Other countries use them as sources of transparency, not as judge, jury and executioner, says Helen Thomas The next Prime Minister and Chancellor [...]
What will markets make of the new chair of the Fed?

June 16, 2026

Kevin Warsh wants to take us back to a world where the semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony of the Fed Chair to Congress is effectively the moment where the Monetary Wizard of Oz steps out from behind the curtain to signal the direction for interest rates, says Helen Thomas “I don’t view the Chairman, in his testimony [...]
The world can’t keep consuming more than it produces

June 2, 2026

Commodity markets have proved remarkable resilient, but there is no financial engineering solution that can replace missing barrels of oil, says Helen Thomas Commodity markets have spent the past three months performing an extraordinary balancing act. Despite one of the most significant disruptions to global energy flows in decades, the global economy has continued to [...]
Markets have entered negative gamma – buckle up

May 19, 2026

Dealers are forced being to buy rallies and sell dips, increasing volatility. That should serve as a warning. Although markets currently appear calm and resilient, beneath the surface they are becoming more fragile, says Helen Thomas Markets are entering a profoundly unstable moment for the global price of risk. The supply shock emanating from the [...]
When does fish, chips and mushy peas become an unaffordable luxury?

May 12, 2026

When prices rise so high and budgets get so tight, consumers adjust their habits permanently. This is looming in the energy markets as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will not be resolved any time soon, says Helen Thomas As Ryan, the owner of Harrison’s Fish and Chip shop, said to me on Friday [...]

World Cup sponsors could pay price if Infantino’s Fifa sell-off goes ahead

World Cup sponsors could pay price if Infantino’s Fifa sell-off goes ahead

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