Top of the stocks: Most bought and sold shares in April
What shares and trusts were UK investors buying and selling amid the tariff turmoil?…by Jo Groves April proved quite the whirlwind month for investors. Global markets shed an eye-watering $9…
I’m So Bored With the USA: The Times They Are A-Changin’
“And you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’” We start this edition in the US, or, more accurately, Trump’s attitude to…
Is now the time to go bargain hunting, and where might we look?
Global equity markets have been grappling with a wave of challenges in recent months, leaving investors navigating a landscape marked by uncertainty and contradiction – by Matthew Read From the…
Stocks to surge as trade momentum builds?
Global markets are holding their breath ahead of this weekend’s high-stakes trade summit in Geneva—just days after the US and UK sealed a landmark deal that has electrified investor sentiment…
Equities Update: Mondi, Next, IHG, Bitcoin, IAG…
Mondi Plc: Cautious Optimism Amid Soft Demand Lale Akoner, global market analyst at eToro says: “Mondi’s Q1 results mark a welcome shift from damage control to cautious momentum, but investors…
I’m So Bored With the USA: Fear and Loathing in …..
“When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead” So much of this article is backward looking that I was tempted to call it “reflections”. Instead, I looked around me, looked…
UK-US Trade Deal: A Relief, but not a Revolution
Lale Akoner, global market analyst at eToro says: “Yesterday’s UK-US trade deal may not dismantle Trump’s 10% baseline tariff, but it delivers strategic wins for key UK exporters, especially in…
15.3 million people today are at risk of retirement poverty
15.3 million people today are at risk of retirement poverty – Retirement Report Retirement outlook worsens since 2023 with 1.6 million more people risking retirement poverty Scottish Widows’ annual Retirement…
Bank of England played it too safe — and the UK could pay the price
The Bank of England should have “gone bigger” with rate cuts to match the scale of the threat the UK now faces, warns the CEO of one of the world’s…
Interest Rate cut to 4.25% – experts respond
Interest Rate decision: “a much-needed boost to the UK property market” Ryan Etchells, Chief Commercial Officer at specialist property lender Together, said: “The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s policy…