Muppet money: Investors are losing out on billions by parking savings in cash March 30, 2015 In the UK today, £729bn of the nation’s savings is sitting in cash. That is half of our total financial wealth. What is more, a mind-boggling one quarter of that total wealth is idling in instant access accounts, currently earning less than 0.4 per cent a year. With rates that low, you would think people [...]
General Election 2015: Would an increasing likelihood of a Tory electoral victory see equity markets surge? March 30, 2015 Simon French, senior UK economist at Panmure Gordon, says Yes Over the next 37 days, much of the commentary surrounding the UK election will be deeply biased. So let us just stick to what history can tell investors. In General Elections since 1965, UK equities have on average returned 2.5 per cent in the 30 [...]
New credit crisis brews in emerging markets March 30, 2015 Beware contagion from looming bank failure in Brazil INVESTORS in emerging markets have been left sorely disappointed in recent years, as on-going political and economic problems are plaguing the sector’s key nations, including Brazil, China, Turkey and Russia. Over five years, the MSCI Emerging Markets index has risen just 8.9 per cent, compared to the [...]
European stocks’ impressive first quarter – CNBC Comment March 30, 2015 DESPITE suffering their biggest weekly fall of the year last week, European markets have enjoyed a good first quarter. While Bank of America Merrill Lynch notes that US equity funds have seen $44bn worth of outflows in 2015, chalking up their worst start to the year since 2009, Europe’s equity markets have been benefitting. The [...]
How to make use of moving averages in your trades – DailyFx Tips & Picks March 30, 2015 A LOT of people revised their outlook for euro-dollar after the less hawkish Federal Open Market Committee meeting two weeks ago. Suddenly, many experts and retail traders felt less comfortable about euro-dollar reaching parity. In a similar way, the conversation turned more euro-dollar positive in November 2014 as the currency pair stabilised, even though oil [...]
What neuroscience can teach us about leadership March 30, 2015 Inspire your team to do great work with storytelling and a forward-looking mentality. Leadership is always about people, so being a leader is rarely predictable or mechanical. To drive performance in a team, a leader needs to both motivate individual workers and ensure that the goals of the wider organisation are met. It’s challenging, but [...]
Car review: The Range Rover Sport SVR is the toughest ever March 30, 2015 It’s hard to imagine this now, but for the first thirty years of its existence, Land Rover only sold the resolutely agricultural Series I, II and IIA. It wasn’t until 1970 that it introduced the Range Rover, and with it the concept of the luxury off-roader. Now we have the Range Rover Sport SVR, the [...]
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Experimental Hodgson set to trial Kane March 30, 2015 PROLIFIC forward Harry Kane has the chance to follow in the footsteps of a Tottenham legend when he makes his full international debut in England’s friendly with Italy in Turin tonight. England manager Roy Hodgson last night confirmed his intention to hand Kane his first senior start in his side’s clash at the Juventus Stadium, [...]
Golf Comment: Late bloomer Walker shows journeymen way March 30, 2015 Watching at close quarters as Jimmy Walker made his Ryder Cup debut for the United States last year at Gleneagles I couldn’t help being impressed with his game. Walker has a superb swing and, now in his 15th year as a professional, he is in the form of his life. That was evident as he [...]
