James Cummings

Investing in the stock market is very simple and easy, especially if you know exactly what to do. A lot of people out there have interest in the market but are afraid to invest because they have no idea on how to make it work and so wouldn’t want to lose any of their hard-earned […]

A lot of people may be wondering why they need to follow financial news while investing in the stock market. Many often ask themselves what following financial news has to do with their success in stock investment. They also tend to believe that they can actually excel and grow in the market without really following […]

The economic situation in Spain is deteriorating rapidly and is coming dangerously close to ongoing situations in failing economies such as those of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal.   And the UK stock markets, like other stock markets the world over, are feeling the pinch. Even mere rumors stipulating that the Spanish government might request for […]

Seeing as the UK still ranks as the sixth largest national economy in the world, and is home to one of the world’s most renowned stock exchanges, UK stock markets are certainly still viable for international investments. Some of the benefits investors stand to gain from investing in UK-listed financial securities include the following: Ready […]

London is one of the largest cities in the world; it also boasts of having the highest city Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Europe. All this and more are what help to make the idea of investing in UK stock markets very appealing to investors the world over; hence the high rate of international investments […]

Instances in which companies are allowed to list their shares on the London Stock Exchange, or any stock exchange for that matter, without being fully vetted pose great risk to prospective and existing investors in the financial securities market.  And such instances are often the direct products of reverse takeovers. A reverse takeover generally refers […]

In the face of such dire economic circumstances plaguing Greece’s economy, and in light of the fact that we live in an increasingly globally connected world where European economies and world economies at large are inextricably linked, one cannot help but wonder how the financial and economic situation in Greece will affect stock trades and […]

With the rate of volatility in the stock market today, lots of investors are beginning to show concerns over this rather disturbing development. Many of them are wondering whether it is still safe for them to invest their hard earned money in the exchange market. A majority of those saving for retirement see the stock […]

Precious metals in themselves are a huge investment favorite among investors in both the UK and the US; likewise, so are stocks and shares in the companies that produce these treasured metals. These companies largely consist of gold mining and processing businesses such as Serabi Gold Plc. (LSE:SRB), steel rolling outfits, diamond developing establishments such as Firestone […]

There may be more to worry about than the nagging problems in Europe, especially for investors in the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco (LSE: TSCO). Tesco recently recorded its fall drop in profits since 1994. The pre-tax profit of the supermarket chain came falling by a whopping 11.6% which stood at £1.7billion for the last […]