Economics & Markets

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…

The Trouble with Calais

“When I am dead and opened, you will find Calais written on my heart.” - Queen Mary I This situation…

War on Terror II: The Janus-Faced Kingdom

In 1744 in the Arabian city-state of Al-Diriyyah, a prominent Muslim cleric by the name of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhabi came…