Latest articles by Matthew Lynn
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Three ideas for Lloyds Bank's new boss
Opinion The Black Horse needs whipping into shape. A change at the top provides a great opportunity, says Matthew Lynn.
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Boris Johnson’s grand infrastructure plan needs some small print
Opinion Grand infrastructure projects are all very well, but it is the small stuff that delivers the big returns, says Matthew Lynn.
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Why the UK should be gunning for a trade deal Down Under
Opinion It might seem a minor matter compared with Brexit, but a trade agreement with Australia is a big deal
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Four ways to give London's Aim market a boost
Opinion Aim, the LSE’s junior stockmarket, is celebrating its 25th birthday. It could do with a makeover, says Matthew Lynn.
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The small companies snapping at Big Tech’s heels
Opinion The technology giants have had a good crisis. The small fry have been doing even better, says Matthew Lynn.
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Margrethe Vestager: a symbol of all that’s wrong with the EU
Opinion Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, wields enormous power over industry, and abuses it, says Matthew Lynn.
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Sales will bounce back, but will profits?
Opinion As the lockdown ends, everyday life will resume – just don’t expect business as usual, says Matthew Lynn.
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A new lease of life for the Brics
Opinion Emerging markets are having a surprisingly good crisis. Their long-predicted rise will now continue.
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We should not be blind to the failings of experts
Opinion Let’s by all means be guided by “the science”, but the boffins must not run the country, says Matthew Lynn. We must treat epidemiologists as we treat economists.
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Brexit Britain should look to create a partnership with Switzerland
Opinion A tie-up with Switzerland makes sense for post-Brexit Britain, and would create a vitally important global financial centre, says Matthew Lynn.
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Why the stockmarket has got this crisis all wrong
Opinion Emerging markets and small companies may be better bets than the US and its technology giants, says Matthew Lynn.
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The end of the dividend bonanza
Opinion Investors have got used to being showered with cash. But things are about to change, says Matthew Lynn.
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A cash crunch looms for the UK's universities
Opinion Most of the UK's higher-education colleges are high-quality institutions that deserve rescuing, says Matthew Lynn. But all of them?
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Why we must not retreat into a nationalist bunker
Opinion Globalisation helped us prosper before the crisis – it will help us get out of it too
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Space exploration is booming – now’s the time to back it
Opinion Will space exploration be the next boom industry? Perhaps, says Matthew Lynn. And now is the time to buy in.
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It’s not all doom and gloom
Opinion In some ways at least, there’s never been a better time to launch a start-up, says Matthew Lynn. The government should help.
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Three tasks for Andrew Bailey, the new governor of the Bank of England
Opinion As Andrew Bailey takes over as governor of the Bank of England, he should be thinking about more than just viruses, says Matthew Lynn.
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The FTSE 100 doesn’t need its retailers
Opinion Retailers are falling out of Britain’s index of leading shares – the latest FTSE 100 reshuffle left just four. But that may be no bad thing, says Matthew Lynn.
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Why retailing is not dead yet
Opinion Some shop owners have stopped complaining and started innovating. That may yet save our high street.
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Investment banks make a wrong turn into retail
Opinion Cracking the retail market is likely to be too big a challenge for investment banks such as JPMorgan.
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Come back buy-to-letters, all is forgiven
Opinion The government is winning its war against small private buy-to-let landlords. But who benefits?
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How the BBC can survive the end of the TV licence
Opinion The TV licence that funds the BBC is looking way past its sell-by date, says Matthew Lynn. Here's how it could survive without it
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Winners and losers from a hard Brexit
Opinion Our exit from the EU is likely to be of the hard variety, says Matthew Lynn. Investors should back the industries that will flourish
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How Putin's cronyism is strangling Russia
Opinion Russia's vast population and wealth of resources should be boosting growth. There’s one man holding it back: Vladimir Putin
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