A Summer of Sport has begun in Europe, fans readying their celebration of a host of unmissable games and events catering for all tastes. At home, Tennis lovers get their annual dose of pageantry from Wimbledon and its legendary grass courts. F1 enthusiasts can follow drivers round the iconic Silverstone at the British Grand Prix….

For many years, traditional mantra of equity investors has been simple: “Buy low, sell high”. The strategy behind this saying is called “value investing” and it relies on buying shares that are fundamentally undervalued and holding them until they appreciate to their underlying value. Recently we have presented a report on short-term “Dividend Plays” that…

Modern UK businesses are growing increasingly global and face an increasing need to process many complex international payments. Cross-border transactions are no longer an exclusive domain of large multinational corporations. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all around the world are now sending and receiving money across international borders for critical business needs, e.g.: Paying for…

Trading shares or CFDs on financial markets can lead to discovering many exciting investment strategies. Some investors are primarily interested in day trading and trying to benefit from short-term intraday price movement of shares. Others prefer to take a longer view of the markets and invest in companies that are expected to bring them steady…

“Sell in May, Go Away, Come back on St Leger’s Day”. We’ve all heard the stockbroker cliché and for many it has become an easy punching bag for disproving so-called “conventional wisdom” on financial markets seasonality.

Financial markets can feel distant from everyday concerns of an average household or business, but there is one aspect of it that almost everyone is familiar with: currencies and foreign exchange (FX).