SPREAD BET GURU April 25, 2010 MARKET STRATEGIST josh@cityindex.com Q. Dear Josh, are the investigations into Goldman Sachs by the FSA and the SEC likely to have an impact on bank regulation? A. The main activity in the markets last week up until Friday’s relief rally was to sell the banks. This was despite Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup all [...]
FTSE 100 hits one-month low as Greek deficit fears weigh April 22, 2010 The London Report FTSE 100 hits one-month low as Greek deficit fears weigh BRITAIN’S top shares fell to a one-month closing low yesterday after news that Greece’s deficit widened more than expected hit investor sentiment, sending commodity and bank stocks into reverse. A downgrade of Greece’s debt rating from Moody’s Investors Service added to investor [...]
Solid results boost Wall Street stocks April 22, 2010 US stocks staged a late-day comeback yesterday as strong quarterly profits from consumer bellwethers like Starbucks outweighed worries about Greece’s shaky finances. First quarter earnings are on track to set a record for the percentage of companies beating estimates. Eighty-five per cent of the 98 S&P 500 companies that have reported so far have beaten [...]
Volcanic ash shows need to pick the right travel policy April 22, 2010 AEROPLANES might be returning to the skies once again, but for many business travellers and holidaymakers who have been stranded abroad or had their plans disrupted, the fallout is only just beginning as they start the process of claiming back their money. While the volcanic eruption was an unprecedented event, it has brought home the [...]
Tackling the budget deficit will be a hard pill to swallow post-election April 22, 2010 RESEARCH DIRECTOR, FOREX.COM JANE FOLEY ACCORDING to the minutes of the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting at the start of April, the Bank of England concluded that for many committee members, concerns about the outlook for the UK economy had eased. The market appears to agree – the consensus expectation is that first quarter [...]
Curry king who spiced up UK April 22, 2010 ESCAPING the poverty net inspired Sir Gulam Noon to go into business. He lived with his five siblings in one room when he was growing up in Mumbai, India, but is now the UK’s unofficial curry king, after amassing his fortune by selling the food of his native country in the UK. After first travelling [...]
Remember the lessons from this recession April 22, 2010 AS THE UK’s economy limps back to health the fate of small businesses is still hanging in the balance. A recent survey by the Federation for Small Businesses suggests that the economic recovery is still too fragile for small firms to take on more staff. The economic environment is full of uncertainty and small firms [...]
TRAVEL CHAOS April 22, 2010 Q. I am a small business owner and one of my employees is caught up in the flight chaos. What are my rights as an employer? A. The advice from the Forum of Private Business is to be flexible with stranded staff but to know where to draw the line on unpaid leave. “The key [...]
Know how to value your ETF April 21, 2010 WHEN placing a trade, investors understandably concentrate on making the decision that will yield the most profitable returns. But it is just as important for traders to understand how they are investing as well as what they are investing in. This is particularly relevant for investors using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – knowing how an ETF [...]
Miners boost the South African stock market April 21, 2010 SOUTH Africa will be in the world’s spotlight like never before as the World Cup approaches. Television pictures of gazelles and wilderbeest roaming across the veldt will no doubt be great for the country’s tourist industry, but other parts of its economy also look sure to benefit. According to a report released last month by [...]
