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Premier League investments in the football financial frenzy

By Richard Gill, CFA Equities

6 mins. to read

I kicked off writing about football and economics back in February, hot on the heels of the English Premier League clubs spending a record £950 million on player transfer fees. I also suggested that if current trends continue, we could well see the first £1 billion player within the next 20 years. While Gareth Bale’s…

Get off the line, there’s a train coming

By Adrian Kempton-Cumber Trading

2 mins. to read

That was a joke we used to say on the phone. “Get off the line, there’s a train coming!” For us as school kids it ranked up there with shouting to cyclists “your back wheel’s going round” and that thing where you stuff your tongue behind your bottom lip while making an unintelligible sound when…