Euro Crisis

British Pound Sterling fell to its lowest in nearly seven months against the US Dollar after Martin Weale, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England said in a speech engagement last Saturday, 16 February, that the “most natural means” to reduce the UK’s trading deficit is for the currency to […]

Both Germany and France saw their economies contract at the end of 2012 Newly released figures show that Germany, the Eurozone’s largest economy, contracted by 0.6% during Q4 of 2012, whilst France’s saw a 0.3% contraction during the same period. Germany and France’s GDP figures reflect wider problems within the Eurozone and Europe, with Spain, […]

This is the annual letter sent out by my friend Richard Poulden. This year – as every year – we wil hold a 10 minute debate at the UKInvestor Show – I am not sure of the subject matter yet but it is always sparky. I am not sure that I agree 100% on China […]

The British economy is off to a “shaky start” in 2013 as businesses around the country became even more pessimistic of the plight of the economy in the next six months, according to a survey conducted by accountancy firm BDO. In a report published earlier today, BDO Optimistic Index continued to fall and reached a […]

Mining giant Anglo American plc (LSE:AAL) is to post an underlying loss of US$225 million for the 2012 financial year for its platinum business after its 80%-owned Anglo American Platinum Ltd ended the previous year in a 180-degree turn from profit to loss, following a challenging trading environment. In a statement, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed […]

Zak Mir: I reviewed your latest book Trading Triangles a few weeks ago, and it reminded me that you have a long history not only of being an author, but also in the financial markets as a pioneer in the UK.  Indeed, it is a much longer history than many of the fly by night […]

The President of the European Central Bank predicts economic recovery in the third and fourth quarters of 2012. Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), has argued that he foresees economic recovery for Europe “in the second part” of 2013 as a result of national government’s “extraordinary” fiscal consolidation efforts. In December the […]

George Soros warns of a lack of understanding on how markets operate. Billionaire investor George Soros has argued that Germany is “out of tune” the rest of the world in regard to the Eurozone crisis and there is a lack of understanding of how the financial markets operate. Speaking at the World Economic Forum that […]

A few minutes before the time of writing of this article (the reason I’m writing this article is because of it), I received an email from a Relationship Manager, the name of the person and the firm in which he is connected to I choose to rather omit, informing me of a new development that […]

Motor giant Ford has signed an open letter to Call Me Dave saying how disastrous it would be if the UK left the Evil Empire. Quite why the words of the boss of a foreign corporation should carry any weight at all escapes me but to be lectured by this company on the benefits of […]