03 February 2021 Income of Scots Could fall 6.5%-8.7% in Wake of Scottish Independence: CEP

Research conducted by the Centre for Economic Performance shows that the incomes of Scots would likely fall sharply in the years following a split away from the rest of the UK, while the negative iโ€ฆ

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02 February 2021 BlackRock Not Worried About Equity Market Valuations

The impressive stock market rally of recent months can continue say analysts at BlackRock, who note that while some pockets of excess have emerged the global economy should ultimately catch up to vโ€ฆ

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01 February 2021 Why the Retail Swarm on Silver Might not Work

Retail investors are said to be targeting a massive rise in the price of silver by coordinating and focussing their buying interest in the commodity, with one physical retailer of silver in the UK โ€ฆ

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29 January 2021 GameStop Slaughter of Hedge Fund Shorters by Robinhood Investors Offers New Sport to the Bash-the-Rich Millennials

Private investors are taking their revenge out on Wall-Street professionals through the humiliation of those funds which shorted GameStop Corp.

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29 January 2021 UK Business Confidence Holds Up on Vaccine Rollout

The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer - a key insight into business confidence - has fallen in January, however levels of confidence are still more elevated than they were for most of 2020.

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28 January 2021 German Inflation: "the Inflation Monster" is Back says ING, Poses Fresh Problems for ECB

German inflation for January rose 1.0% on a year-on-year comparison, a sizeable rise from the -0.3% reported in December and well ahead of the 0.7% rise markets had been expecting.

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26 January 2021 Pay Increases and Unemployment Grows Less than Expected: UK Jobs Report Surprises to the Upside

UK labour market data covering the November and December periods have been released and are on balance indicating a more robust picture than the market had been anticipating, although another deterโ€ฆ

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