Economics & Markets

Foot Soldiers in Practice

As my contribution to this first edition of Master Investor, I have decided to clarify some points concerning regulation of…

Mellon on the Markets – Europe’s Phoney Recovery

Jim’s top 3 thoughts of the month: 1 - QE will not successfully stimulate European economies. 2 - After making…

The Fed’s View On Price Stability

Economic analysis by Filipe R. Costa Long gone are the days when central banks used to target monetary aggregates in…

Wednesday’s Stock Market Report Featuring Rolls-Royce, Sky, Genus, Asos And Iomart

The Markets The Office for National Statistics has said that UK productivity levels remain below those in 2007, with recorded…

The badger on how to profit from currency shenanigans

Apologies for the lack of commentary last week, but even a Badger needs an occasional week on the slopes to…

Share Repurchases – The silent QE4

Every time I look at the chart below, I have mixed feelings and I am not sure which of them…

The budget that won the tories the general election

Like anyone with a degree of pragmatism, I usually wait until the financial press have gathered all the data of…

Wednesday’s stock market report

The Markets In what may potentially be his final Budget Chancellor George Osborne delivered a generally well received set of…