Asia: stocks lower after lacklustre US lead Digital Look – 14 Aug http://www.digitallook.com/news/market-report-asia/asia-stocks-lower-after-lacklustre-us-lead–832331.html UK Index LIVE: Footsie flat as The People’s Bank of China’s currency manipulations loom large over global markets This is Money – 14 Aug http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3197447/UK Index -LIVE-Footsie-flat-People-s-Bank-China-s-currency-manipulations-loom-large-global-markets.html China fixes higher as Greece votes Proactive Investors – 14 Aug http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/morning-market-pulse/22765/china-fixes-higher-as-greece-votes-22765.html Shares in G4S…
Image source: play.google.com By Augustin Eden, Analyst Fortunately, He-Man wasn’t referring to a recent acquisition he’d made when he first clambered onto that rock just outside…
By Augustin Eden, Analyst Will they? Won’t they? Might they? Are we all going to go bust?! All questions asked of the Bank of England of late. The answer – to the first two questions anyway – is not before the Americans. It’s been fun to get the odd bit of interest rate commentary from…
7 September 2015 This week saw Chancellor Osborne surprise markets by starting to sell down the UK taxpayer’s 78% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). This stake was inherited from the previous Labour government’s 2008 bailout of the systemically important institution at the height the financial crisis. UKFI offloaded a 5.4% stake on Monday…
DJ UK Index Lower; U.S. Jobs Data in Focus Dow Jones – 7 Aug U.K. stocks lost ground Friday, with some caution setting in ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report from the U.S., but the benchmark UK 100 was still headed for a weekly gain. The UK 100 fell, with consumer goods and…
By Augustin Eden, Analyst Rio Tinto is definitely a favourite among the more old fashioned retail investors – those who perhaps remember more booming times but, more descriptively, those who may be seen by some as a little ‘stuck in their ways.’ Mining stocks are not performing as they used to, with a much talked…