Why 2019 might be a better year for investors December 19, 2018 2018 has been a disappointing year for most investors. Almost all markets, both stocks and bonds, have fallen in value this year, under pressure from rising interest rates, political developments such as Brexit, and the trade dispute between the US and China. With hindsight, markets were priced for perfection at the start of the year [...]
Imperium Investments supports St George’s Hospital charity children’s appeal December 18, 2018 On Thursday 29 November an event was held at the Palace of Westminster in aid of St George's Hospital Charity Children's Appeal. The event was hosted by Colonel Bob Stewart MP and supported by Imperium Investments, represented by their director Dmitry Leus. The fundraising gathering was attended by both supporters of the charity and medical [...]
Andy Warhol’s £6m selfie and how we can all now be famous for 15 minutes December 13, 2018 One day in 1963, Andy Warhol walked into a New York photobooth and took what have become the world’s most famous selfies. One of these trailblazing self-portraits has just been sold at a Sotheby’s auction for just over £6m. These selfies perfectly suited Warhol’s vision of the pop art era of the late 1950s and [...]
Brexit Negotiations – The weak link in EU/UK supply chains? December 13, 2018 Professor ManMohan Sodhi reflects on the challenges facing supply chain one year after Article 50 was triggered. When Article 50 was invoked, my initial thought was that supply-chain complexity of goods flowing back and forth across the English Channel would force both the EU and the UK to look for ways to mitigate unnecessary challenges [...]
Confronting the Robots December 13, 2018 Professor Peter Fleming, formerly of Cass Business School, wrote an article for Demos Quarterly which argued that the age of automation is unlikely to lead to a utopian world of play, but doesn't necessarily mean a proliferation of rubbish jobs. You can read the article in full here. Dr Simone Stumpf, Senior Lecturer in the Department of [...]
3D printed sports shoes are more about your wallet than your feet December 13, 2018 The race is on to bring 3D printed footwear to market. Adidas, Nike and Under Armour are some of the big names that have been working on delivering bespoke shoes to their customers. From the sounds of their marketing, you may be forgiven for believing that bespoke shoes are just a footstep away. But a [...]
Online Casinos: A new trend in handling withdrawals December 11, 2018 If you have ever gambled online, you might have noticed that depositing money into an online casino is very much straightforward, but the hasslefree approach disappeared when it came to cash out your profits. After requesting a withdrawal, most online casinos initiated a "pending period", and it could take up to 4 days until your [...]
Artemis US equities: Late-cycle investing … December 6, 2018 Cormac Weldon, manager of the Artemis US Select Fund and the Artemis US Smaller Companies Fund, analyses the reasons for increased volatility in the US market and explains why he is currently favouring companies with stable, predictable earnings. Context is everything. Two of the factors behind the recent increase in market volatility and the significant [...]
A call for national public infrastructure December 4, 2018 As we look back over the roller-coaster ride that was the last year, high points include the dawning of BitCoin in America (and so the world’s) consciousness: Tips were exchanged over Thanksgiving dinners across that nation… “You’ve not got BitCoin yet?.. I just got some. Its going up like nothing I’ve ever seen… but young [...]
The era of security tokens December 4, 2018 A year ago, the enforcement team at the SEC would have assembled around a large table to discuss how to deal with the booming ICO market. Crypto currency start-ups had overtaken Venture Capital in fund-raising and had caught everyone off-guard. Observers around that table would have heard stories of multi-million dollar scammers, rampant and unrealistic [...]