Not even Hermès and Ferrari can escape the luxury sell-off April 7, 2025 Luxury companies across the board have seen a mass stock sell-off since April 2, affecting even the strongest brands. Hermès’ share price fell more than seven per cent in early trades on April 7, and has dropped more than 13 per cent since ‘Liberation Day’. The Birkin-maker was one of the few success stories of [...]
Close Brothers shares soar past target price whilst FTSE 100 banks sink April 3, 2025 Shares in FTSE 250 lender Close Brothers rallied on Thursday morning whilst its banking rivals HSBC, Barclays and Standard Chartered tumbled. The lender made gains as high as ten per cent during early trading before consolidating around five percent, as the bank clawed back recent losses. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered led the FTSE 100 losses at [...]
Trading 212 continues come down after ‘exponential growth’ October 8, 2024 Profit at Trading 212 continued to decline in 2023 after the investing platform’s “exponential growth” in previous years, it has been revealed. The London-based company has reported a pre-tax profit of £32m for its latest financial year, down from the £40.5m it achieved in 2022. The latest total comes after Trading 212 posted a pre-tax [...]
Etoro: ‘Gradual thawing’ of financial markets fails to stop trading platform taking back step October 3, 2024 A “gradual thawing” of financial markets failed to stop the UK arm of stock trading platform Etoro taking another backwards step financially during 2023, it has been revealed. The UK arm of the Israel-headquartered trading and investment group has posted a net income of $125.7m (£95.8m) for the 12 months, down from the $147.2m (£112.2m) [...]
FTSE 100 remains in the green after Bank of England holds rates September 19, 2024 Traders had been concerned that the Fed had waited too long to cut interest rates, causing unnecessary damage to the US economy.
Robinhood boss: Why UK public should trust trading and investing app after Gamestop saga September 10, 2024 In this episode of Boardroom Uncovered, the boss of Robinhood UK Jordan Sinclair talks about his journey from South Africa to the City of London, how the trading and investing app is taking on the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown and AJ Bell as well as what kind of a leader he is.
The Notebook: The stocks dominating retail investment this month July 10, 2024 Victoria Scholar takes the notebook pen to tell us the latest trends in retail investing, from AI to US banking.