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Market outlook July 17, 2018 | City Talk Trump trade war threat A continued world recovery, led by the US with good support from Chinese growth among the emerging markets, is a positive backdrop for share markets. The Trump tax cuts and spending increases could boost US demand and output with the upcoming earnings season in the US likely to be the strongest [...]
China in stormy waters July 13, 2018 | City Talk China is sounding a bit exasperated by Mr Trump’s words and tariffs. The usually-cautious Ministry of Commerce refers to the possibility of the US losing its reason. President Xi thought he had an understanding with President Trump, only to discover Mr Trump intends to press very hard over intellectual property, investment in the digital area [...]
UK blockchain startup launches equity crowdfunding round July 12, 2018 | Sponsored For venture-minded investors who have yet to make any major forays into the tantalising yet potentially risky ICO world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, one equity investment opportunity live now on Crowdcube may prove to be a gateway. Introducing: the bank account based on blockchain BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) is a UK-based startup. It is building [...]
Should investors be ‘coming home’ – to UK equities? July 12, 2018 | City Talk The England football team were widely overlooked as contenders in Russia. Having witnessed a number of World Cup competitions in my time – the first I can recollect in detail being Italy 1990 – I can’t remember public expectations ever being lower than they were ahead of this summer’s tournament. Yet thanks to their courage [...]
World Cup special: which stock markets look ‘cheap’? July 12, 2018 | City Talk As the world’s football teams have been battling out for supremacy at the World Cup, so have the major equity markets been jostling for position. In both cases, results have not gone entirely to form. While many other markets had been posting double-digit gains in the 12 months prior to the second quarter, the UK [...]
Building True Community July 10, 2018 Last week we looked at the competitive landscape of ICOs, and this week I want to talk about Community, and what true community building takes when running an ICO (and how to tell the fakes when participating). In the past, it was enough to have a loyal community around your project and to expect the [...]
City A.M.’s Crypto Insider interviewed Phillip Nunn, CEO of The Blackmore Group, a bespoke Investment House July 10, 2018 Phillip Nunn is becoming one of the UK’s, if not Europe’s, most influential online Blockchain and cryptocurrency experts, and has a social media following of more than 400,000 people organically grown due to the fascination surrounding this new, exciting and profound movement. Nunn has a background in financial markets and Fintech and has blended the [...]
Why pockets of retailers are thriving in London July 10, 2018 | City Talk The obituary of high street retail, according to the press, has been written. Physical stores are closing at a rapid rate. We don’t think this tells the whole story. The daily announcements of retailer bankruptcies points to an ever-decreasing pool of occupiers. However, we argue that the pendulum of pessimism in investment markets often swings [...]
Pensioners in the UK shelling out over £24bn in income tax July 9, 2018 The amount pensioners in the UK pay in income tax has ballooned to over £24bn, figures out today have shown. Insurer Royal London obtained the information through freedom of information (FOI) requests to find out how much people over the state pension age were paying to the tax man in different parts of the [...]