A FED & RBNZ Recap…The global picture doesn’t look good for the kiwi at the moment. , A Close Look At The Fed and The RBNZ… The FOMC are expected to hold tight at 0.5% this evening.Three Investment Scenarios. Rated!… More and more investors are now moving their portfolio’s into defensive stocks; and not just punters. Has Read More …

Too Late to Hedge…? And down we go! Global stock markets continued the downward sweep yesterday with the FTSE reaching levels it was at 10 years ago. The First Rate Cut This Year…?The fall in Oil to below $30 a barrel has smashed the Canadian dollar to levels not seen since 2001, and it doesn’t look like Read More …

It’s all over the news, so you’ve probably seen by now that your boss is officially allowed to snoop through your private messages and emails, after the ruling from the European Court of Human Rights last week (12 January 2016, to be precise). What you may not know, however, is that it doesn’t mean employers Read More …

Will Today’s BoE Meeting Stop Sterling’s Plummet? Will The Markets Recover From Here…? We have to go where the value is and currently, with all the QE in Europe, it’s over here. A Closer Look At China…We are now officially in a new era regarding the Chinese economy; the government is becoming worried and clamping down. China is Read More …

What’s Bugging the Market? Just like in August of last year, this week the market participants around the world have all decided to decrease their risk and move into “safe” asset classes. China Scare Causes Market Free-fall on First Trading Day of 2016…Yesterday saw the worst ever start of a year for the Chinese Stock Market. After Read More …

Could U.S GDP Give a Final Boost? With stocks hovering around “no man’s” land, will U.S GDP give a final boost before xmas? Quiet Over Xmas…Most traders ‘will be spending this week with their families and on top of that we don’t have any major data announcements, so it should be relatively quiet. So Much For Santa…Stocks are Read More …

Since Resolution Foundation released its report a few days ago, you may have seen headlines across various news platforms about pay not set to increase in 2016. Most reports are very convoluted and technical, making them difficult to comprehend; but what does it all really mean? Why is this the case?

For the fourth week running, TalkTalk has suspended its advertising—as well as its X Factor sponsorship—in an attempt to assure customers their banking details weren’t leaked during the cyber breach on 22 October. This is a bold step for any company to take, especially given that the renewal of TalkTalk’s X Factor sponsorship is understood to Read More …

Londoners have been eagerly awaiting the launch of the Night Tube services for more than a year. As September passed by, it became apparent the launch date would be delayed. Sadly, unions have now stated the all-night London Underground service will not be introduced at all this year. The delay has been caused by disputes Read More …

Interbrand has released its annual ‘Best Global Brands’ list and this year, Lego™ has appeared as a new entrant, booting off more seasoned brands of the top 100 like Nintendo™ and Pizza Hut™. The Lego Movie pushed revenue for the first six months of 2014 to more than $2 billion. This enormous success, combined with Read More …