How much money should you risk on every trade? – DailyFX Tips & Picks February 2, 2015 IF WE traded with a fail-proof trading system, money management would be easy. We would simply risk as much as possible to maximise our gains. Yet real-life trading is very different. Studies show that the average FX trader makes a positive return on 60 out of 100 trades on average. As a simplified example of [...]
Car review: The luxury Mercedes’ S63 AMG coupé with sports clout February 2, 2015 If you’re familiar with the Mercedes CL then you belong to a rather exclusive club. The German firm’s flagship coupé lacked both the mass appeal and visual charm of its four-door S-Class brother. As such, it barely registered in the minds of UK buyers. The harsh reality is that a manufacturer at the volume end [...]
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The £10,000 wardrobe: What to buy if all your clothes catch fire February 2, 2015 The worst has happened. Your flat has burned down and all your clothes have gone up in flames. You would go out tonight but you – literally – haven’t got a stitch to wear. The insurance company has made you a take-it-or-leave-it offer of £10,000 to replace the whole lot, from the shoes up. What [...]
Four of the least useful inventions for workplaces February 2, 2015 From extreme open-plan to an office diving bell, they all have issues. In the week after a Swedish company made the controversial decision to microchip its staff in a bid to speed up menial tasks like photocopying, City A.M. looks at a selection of the inventions that have annoyed, terrified or just got in the [...]
Chelsea buck trend on dull deadline day February 2, 2015 CHELSEA last night bolstered their Premier League title challenge with the £23.3m signing of Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina, the biggest deal of an anticlimactic close to the winter transfer window. Cuadrado, 26, signed a four-and-a-half year contract at Stamford Bridge in a move that saw Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah join the Italian club [...]
Upbeat Murray bringing home positive mindset February 2, 2015 HE MAY have mislaid his Australian Open runners-up shield while leaving Melbourne, but Britain’s Andy Murray believes he has relocated something more important at the first grand slam of 2015. Murray’s team had to engage in a frantic late search operation for his consolation prize as he prepared to fly home to London following Sunday’s [...]
Tottenham hand rising star Kane second wage boost in six months February 2, 2015 TOTTENHAM striker Harry Kane has vowed to stay humble despite landing a second pay rise of a breakthrough season. Kane, who has gone from fringe player to first-team star by scoring 20 goals in 33 games this term, has signed a new contract until summer 2020 believed to be worth around £40,000 per week. It [...]
Money not all about the cash February 2, 2015 CAMBRIDGE United manager Richard Money says the League Two club have already achieved a dream result before a ball is kicked in tonight’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at Manchester United. The trip to Old Trafford is set to earn them an estimated £1.5m, though Money believes they can upset the odds and stun the Premier [...]
Lancaster burning with desire for England to land Six Nations title February 2, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster admits banishing the burden of a four-year wait for a Six Nations crown is the principal objective as his side prepare for Friday’s championship curtain-raiser against Wales. Lancaster has presided over three successive runners-up finishes since taking the reins from Martin Johnson in 2012, and last year England agonisingly missed [...]
