Exactly one year after Mr Trump’s election as 45th President of the United States, what evidence is there that Trumponomics will work? Happy anniversary! This first real week of autumn has been one of anniversaries. First, we marked 500 years since an academic friar by the name of Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to…
For the third year running, Master Investor is partnering with UK Private Investor web portal, London South East (lse.co.uk), at its annual flagship event for private investors. On Saturday 17th March 2018 the Business Design Centre, London will host the 16th annual Master Investor Show. Several thousand private investors will get face-to-face access to 100 exhibiting…
On paper, the earlier an individual starts contributing to a pension, the better. It allows more time for compounding to have a positive impact and generally means there is a better chance of a higher value pension at retirement age. However, for someone in the earlier part of their career, there may be a more…
A peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform matches businesses or individuals looking for loans with individual or corporate lenders looking to achieve a rate of return on their capital. Borrowers enter their information into an online application portal and the P2P platform then offers lenders the opportunity to choose the loans they wish to invest in. Overall,…
If there is one area that divides opinion more than most it is commodities. Some investors think that we are entering a new bull market and that now is the perfect time to buy, whereas others are sceptical and remain bearish. Whatever your view there is no doubt that it has been a difficult time…
With the oil price recently reaching $60 per barrel for the first time since July 2015, many investors are becoming more bullish on the outlook for oil and gas companies. After all, a higher oil price could mean that their profits also move upwards. However, the oil price faces sustained pressure from the impact of…
A deal made in Heaven? It was the knight in shining armour who saved the flailing damsel in distress. Three weeks ago I explained why the US Commerce Department had threatened the Canadian aerospace group Bombardier Inc. (TSE:BBD) with swingeing tariffs of up to 300 percent that could torpedo its new generation of airliners. The…
I’m on an Emirates A380 over the island of Goa, en route to Dubai from Melbourne. For the past ten days, I’ve been on a whirlwind visit to Hong Kong, where I spoke at the Economist Longevity conference, and to Australia, where I discussed, inter alia, lithium and more Juvenescence. In less than two weeks,…
What is peer-to-peer lending? Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending enables individual and corporate investors to lend to small and medium-sized businesses. Access to this type of alternative finance begins when borrowers enter their requirements into an online application portal allowing them to benefit from rapid underwriting and hopefully approval. For an investor, P2P platforms offer the opportunity…
Phoenix Global Mining (LON:PGM) yesterday reported encouraging drill results for its to-be-revived copper mine in Idaho. Apparently there are further figures due within, say, a fortnight or three weeks. PGM was IPO’ed at 4p about four months ago, raising £4 million. There is £2.5 million left in contrast to a capitalisation of c. £9 million.…
