Economics & Markets

The outlook for 2016

The economy is not the same thing as the stock market and its profits. However, a strong share market with…

Is Brazil set to recover?

Just a few years ago Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the so-called BRICS were a top performing block…

The Star in the East

As Mr Cameron sits down to Christmas lunch at Chequers this year he will try to put aside his feelings…

The Swedish residential property time bomb

As seen in this month's Master Investor Magazine. Property prices have been on the uptack during recent years and have…

Why the FED may struggle to implement its policy rate

With the FED hiking its key benchmark rate one should expect interest rates to start rising across the yield curve.…

The FED’s new cycle is already rotten

So, they finally did it! The FED has just announced the first rate hike in almost a decade. Investors have…

Top 3 crowdfinance predictions for 2016

By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket To nobody’s surprise, the exciting predictions for the world of…

India Online: Update

At the end of October, further to a trip to India, I wrote a piece on these pages entitled India…

Airport Wars: Indeterminate Delay

Back in September I wrote a piece for these pages (Airport Wars: Heathrow versus Gatwick) in which I explained why…

A review of crowdfinance in 2015

By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket A year goes quick, doesn’t it? Before you know it…