Create your grand design inside an Edwardian factory June 5, 2014 PROPERTY brochures are often packed with glossy computer generated images depicting pavement café culture at its peak on a summery afternoon in June. But the promotional material for Loud and Western on the Broughton Road in Fulham is stark and bare. The first four houses went on the market yesterday in what’s known in the [...]
Asian markets slide before ECB meeting June 5, 2014 Asian markets have taken a turn for the worse in anticipation of the European Central Bank's (ECB) meeting later today. The ECB is expected to cut the primary refinancing rate to 0.1 per cent and commence a host of stimulus measures, according to survey of economists conducted by Reuters. More good news on the US [...]
What you need to know before the US open June 4, 2014 US stock futures inched lower this morning, with investors steering clear of large bets. They’ll no doubt need to chew over the latest jobs and trade numbers out today – both headline numbers disappointed. The latest survey from payroll processor ADP shows that 179,000 jobs were added in May – proof that the economy is [...]
What you need to know before the open June 4, 2014 European markets are expected lower this morning, as stock futures were seen falling. Nervousness is building ahead of the European Central Bank’s anticipated measures, which’ll be revealed tomorrow. Regulator Ofcom has announced further imposed cuts to the cost of mobile phone calls, with a new charge control that’ll see calls to different networks fall to [...]
Wall St The Week Ahead: Jobs data and ECB will sway bonds market June 2, 2014 THE rally in US Treasury bonds surprised many, taking 10-year yields to their lowest levels in 11 months. Jobs data and the European Central Bank meeting next week will determine whether bond prices have further to go. The bond market’s rally is the result of a confluence of factors – falling yields in Europe, extra [...]
What you need to know before the US open May 30, 2014 US stock futures moved lower today; the S&P 500 fell back from a winning streak, as investors turn attention to the imminent ECB policy meeting next week. Spending in the US fell for the first time in a year last month, increasing 0.9 per cent after March’s one per cent rise. There’s also the indication [...]
What you need to know before the open May 30, 2014 European markets are expected to head higher this morning, nearing multi-year highs. Investors remains intently focused on the European Central Bank’s next policy meeting next week, holding back slightly incase the expected stimulus plan next week isn’t as aggressive as the market is anticipating. German retail sales dropped unexpectedly in April, down 0.9 per cent [...]
The global economic recovery remains on track – for now at least May 29, 2014 WHAT is going on in America? The US economy collapsed in the first quarter – and true to form, Wall Street’s reaction was to send share prices surging. The reason was neither callousness nor even a short-termist, self-interested calculation that bad news means looser money – much more positively, it was that everybody can see [...]
Playing the long game: Using data to drive new sales May 28, 2014 Rob Symes, founder of The Outside View, talks to Liam Ward-Proud about how predictive analytics has helped his firm find new customers, but why it won’t solve all your organisation’s problems IT’S OFTEN difficult for businesses to know how best to use the sheer volume of data they generate. Information on interactions with customers, the [...]
An earthquake bigger than Ukip: Only radical EU reform will be enough May 27, 2014 MAKE no mistake, these European elections are an earthquake that should make political leaders across the EU sit up and take notice. While pundits will debate why Ukip topped the polls in the UK, more significant is that the public has made it clear that they want a big change in Britain’s relationship with the [...]