FTSE 10 and Wall Street slip despite encouraging economic data March 25, 2021 Mining stocks continued to drag down the FTSE 100 this afternoon while Wall Street opened lower despite an encouraging set of unemployment figures. London’s blue-chip index is down more than one per cent this afternoon with Antofogosta and Glencore all shedding more than four per cent. Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane said he [...]
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) March 25, 2021 Risk aversion continued to work its way through global financial markets yesterday.
The curious case of Boris Johnson’s popularity after a year of lockdowns March 24, 2021 In 1993, economics Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman published a paper with the enigmatic title “When More Pain Is Preferred to Less”. He and his colleagues conducted two experiments with the same group of people. In the first, the participants had to hold their hand in cold water for a specified time. They had to keep [...]
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) March 24, 2021 The rotation out of the recent winners (especially the ‘reflation trades’) continued yesterday. In particular, the oil price was sharply lower (-6%); bond yields continued to ease, with the US 10 year yield off again (by 6bps); and the Russell 2000 was notably weak (-3.6%, i.e. given its ‘reflation’ and energy exposure). On this occasion, [...]
I believe Bitcoin will get to at least $500,000 in this current bull cycle March 23, 2021 Trading wizard Dr Chris Kacher believes Bitcoin will get to at least $500,000 in this current bull cycle.
Wall Street opens in the red ahead of Fed chair testimony March 23, 2021 Wall Street ticked into the red this morning as energy and travel stocks slipped, while investors awaited remarks from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on the health of the US economy. Powell will join US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen to provide testimony to US politicians in Congress later today. He is expected to say that the [...]
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Keeping the algorithms in check March 22, 2021 Researchers are looking into the best ways to police algorithms to ensure AI doesn't do financial harm.
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Dale Vince interview: Forest Green Rovers chairman and green energy tycoon on climbing the football leagues while saving the planet March 19, 2021 With a large green Union Jack behind him and a casually dishevelled appearance, Dale Vince brings to mind the leader of some rebel republic when he appears on the Zoom call. Being cast as a revolutionary is nothing new to Vince. In business, the former New Age Traveller has turned once-leftfield ideas about green energy [...]