By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket To nobody’s surprise, the exciting predictions for the world of crowdfunding in 2015 were not entirely wrong. In fact, most of them were entirely right. So have an early Christmas present, wonderful followers of all things crowdfinance. 2016 is going to be BIG. You heard…
As featured in the October issue of Master Investor. When Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, it was (as we all know) “one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.” However, it was also a giant leap that for a long time wasn’t followed by many…
By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket A year goes quick, doesn’t it? Before you know it I’ll be dusting off the crystal ball and attempting to offer wisdom to predict the top trends in to watch NEXT year. But before we do that, I thought I’d take a look at how…
As featured in this month’s magazine. 2015 will go down as the year when cyber-security entered not just the mainstream media, but also board rooms and executive offices. Making sure that customer information and other sensitive data stays safe has become recognised as a subject that can take down CEOs and even entire companies. Ashley…
Speaking at the Isle of Man Funds Association Annual City Luncheon, Jim Mellon asked attendees what Black Swan event they anticipate in the coming year. Responses ranged from some tame market forecasts to full-scale World War 3. Here is what they had to say- Market predictions: “The current UK HNW asset bubble bursts…
Once again, Jim Mellon will be one of the star speakers at the Master Investor Show. Here are the reasons why private investors benefit from hearing Jim’s presentation and meeting him in person. Proven track record of identifying big trends: 1990s: Investing in emerging markets (up more than 10 times). 2000s: Investing into German property (went up 5 times). 2010s: Early investor…
By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket Hot of the press research by the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) suggests that around 405,000 ISA savers could choose to use crowdlending (P2P), as it becomes part of the ISA family in 2016. This marks a huge number of people entering into the crowdlending market.…
By James Tuckett, Co-founder and CEO of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket In July this year the word crowdfunding was searched on Google 450,000 times. You can crowdfund anything – from baking your mum an apple pie (yes, that happened), to your garage band’s debut. But that’s not where the real revolution’s taking place. The…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,365.27, a decrease of 51.75 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 133.49 points to finish at 17,045.17. – The FTSE All Share dropped by 27.98 points to 3,484.16. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished at 742.88, down by 5.50 points. Oil producer BP (BP.) posted…
The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,448.08, an increase of 67.80 points. The FTSE 250 rose by 196.16 points to finish at 17,240.70. The FTSE All Share grew by 37.28 points to 3,526.02. The FTSE AIM All Share finished at 747.30, up by 2.61 points. Telecoms provider TalkTalk (TALK) has seen its shares drop by 4.36% to 256.80p after the company confirmed that the…
