Scandinavian trading titans: Norway and Sweden
Norway and Sweden are regularly lauded as economic and social super-models. Free market capitalism and a generously backed welfare state? Tick. A commitment to private ownership and a robust public sector? Tick. Strong growth balanced by high levels of redistribution? Tick again.
UK Q1 GDP slumps to 0.1%, sterling plummets
UK growth came in at a crawl year-on-year for the first quarter of 2018 – just 0.1% according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
Could anchoring bias wreck your trading strategy?
We all have our anchor points and not all will be in good nick.
What's driving crude oil prices?
The price of crude oil has surged 20% in the last year. Part of the price climb was the result of stronger global growth and emerging market demand. And in the last six weeks the oil price has headed north again.
Bank of England votes 7-2 for no-change
The Bank of England, as predicted by City analysts, left UK interest rates on hold 0.50% today
Are cryptos in danger of respectability?
Once the filthy, low-down enfant terrible of established finance, crypto currencies are now on nodding terms with some big City names.
Only fools know the future of sterling
A year on from the triggering of Article 50, has sterling taken a breather?
Which stocks are vulnerable from the US firearms Florida tragedy?
On Valentine’s Day 2018, 17 students aged between 14 and 17 were executed in a hailstorm of bullets
Cope with loss aversion and use stop losses effectively
Knowing when to quit is a life skill. With trading and investing a clean exit is generally a combination of judgement and luck.
Is the euro over-valued?
Is the euro overvalued? Given that the currency is +16% higher against the US dollar in the last year the question is legitimate.
PM update: IAG and RBS shares slump, VW profits climb, US shares up
There was little cheer from the FTSE 100 earlier, sinking -0.30% as IAG shares lost altitude, down -5.5%.
AM update: RBS reveals surprise £752m profit, IAG profits up, celeb tweet shock hits Snap
This morning a £752m profit for RBS.
PM update: Flybe shares take off, Ford appoints new boss, UK GDP revised down
The Dow hadn’t managed to re-cross the 25,000 line mid-afternoon
AM update: Barclays hit by £1.9bn loss, Centrica profits slump 17.4%, Asian shares slip
Japanese and Hong Kong shares were down overnight slipping -1.07% and -1.12% while the Shanghai Composite soared more than +2%.