HAMISH MCRAE: Next great change in globalisation will be from trading goods to trading services – it is a seismic shift in Britain’s favour By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 The next great change in globalisation will be from trading goods … Read more
The ruckus over GameStop offered some new lessons for investors, including the phenomenon of an ‘angry’ bubble rather than one motivated by simple greed. The rise of free trading apps and the role of social media communities were also critical to understanding the staggering rise and fall in the share price of an obscure games … Read more
The company behind engine-maker Pratt & Whitney saw its share price slump in pre-market trading today after one of the firm’s engines exploded and rained down debris over Denver while another suffered a similar failure in the Netherlands. Shares in Raytheon, the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, had suffered a 2.77 per cent drop … Read more
When it comes to investing, it can be almost as difficult to sort out the ‘how’ as the ‘what’. Selecting shares is tricky but choosing the online platform or app to buy them through can also be bewildering – and less exciting. There are a host of different options, with very different fee structures. But having … Read more
David Schwimmer jokes that in more normal times he has no trouble making dinner reservations at the best restaurants. For the affable and self-deprecating chief executive of the venerable 300-year-old London Stock Exchange, sharing a name with one of the stars of the comedy show Friends is just curious happenstance. Much of the time when … Read more
Anarchist investors fuel a silver rush: Reddit trading frenzy engulfs precious metal sending prices to their highest level since 2013 By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 The price of silver soared after it caught the attention of traders swapping ideas on … Read more
Game on again? Gamestop shares jump to brink of $400 in pre-market trading as Trading 212 app lifts its block on the controversial stock The shares moved back up to as high as $393 (£286) in pre-market trading Reddit-fueled meteoric rise was reversed yesterday after Robinhood blocked it UK investors can buy it again through Trading 212 … Read more
Game on again? Gamestop shares jump to brink of $400 in pre-market trading as Trading 212 app lifts its block on the controversial stock The stock moved back up to as high as $393 (£286) in pre-market trading Reddit-fueled meteoric rise was reversed yesterday after Robinhood blocked it UK investors can buy it again through Trading 212 … Read more
Rock-bottom interest rates spark share trading surge: Long-suffering savers turn to investment platforms as they try to put their money to work By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 January 2021 Britain’s army of savers are turning into online investors amid rock-bottom interest rates … Read more
The City’s last open outcry trading ring – at the London Metal Exchange (LME) – could close after 144 years. The site where traders shout at each other across the floor to set the world’s metal prices has been shut since Covid struck in March. But bosses at the LME now believe it is the … Read more