Economics & Markets

May 7th 2015: The End Of The UK As We Know It

It has been a somewhat surreal lead up to the General Election, with the FTSE 100 holding near 7,000, and…

Wednesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring Legal & General, Sainsbury’s, JD Wetherspoon, Boohoo.com and Aveva

The Greek Government has avoided default for the time being after making a €200 million (£148.8 million) interest payment to…

Tuesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring HSBC, John Menzies, Aberdeen Asset Management and Just Eat

Capital exodus from the UK - Investors have withdrawn an unprecedented $365 billion from the UK over the past 15…

The Master Investor Market Report featuring Lloyds, Rentokil Initial, Pure Wafer and HaiKe

New mortgage approvals dropped slightly to 61,341 during March, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.…

Don’t Fight the Fed, Fight the ECB

While central bankers look tranquil and trustworthy on their television appearances, giving investors reassurances that a brighter future is just…

RBS: An Expensive Way Of Flushing Our Money Down The Toilet

One of the best rules around and the most long-lasting is the way that HM Government and the City simply…

Thuesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring RBS, Shire, Kenmare Resources and Optare

The Eurozone exited deflation in April after four months of negative price movement, with Eurostat saying that despite continuing cuts…

Ben Bernanke and the Taylor Rule

The problem with central banks is that they initially wanted to be independent from us but now they want us…

Wednesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring Barclays, British American Tobacco and Nichols

The Nationwide has said that UK house prices resumed upward movement following 7 months of stagnation as the cost of…

Tuesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring Whitbread, BP, Rexam and Avacta

The Office for National Statistics said that UK GDP Growth slowed to 0.3% for the first 3 months of 2015,…