Finance

Is Cryptocurrency a Real Investment or just Fools’ Gold?

Is Cryptocurrency a Real Investment or just Fools’ Gold?

By: Rob Armstrong, Managing Director Restructuring Advisory, Kroll and Jen Harrison Senior Manager, Kroll.   The word cryptocurre..

New research has revealed the banks and brokers that have been hit with the biggest financial penalties and the most commonly fined offences.

New research has revealed the banks and brokers that have been hit with the biggest financial penalties and the most commonly fined offences.

The study by BrokerChooser analysed fines imposed upon companies in the financial services sector from 2000 to the present day to reve..

U.S. stock markets, treasury yields perk up, oil falters as choppy week winds down

U.S. stock markets, treasury yields perk up, oil falters as choppy week winds down

By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Friday after a rocky week in which investors fretted over rising CO..

Investors Set Their Sights on More Challenging Property Refurbishments

Investors Set Their Sights on More Challenging Property Refurbishments

Refurbishing properties, with the goal of selling them at a profit or letting them out, is a common strategy among investors. It has a..

Dollar demand persists even as stocks recover

Dollar demand persists even as stocks recover

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Currency markets still showed signs of caution on Wednesday, with the safe haven dollar..

Credit as a Service: The next frontier for embedded payments

Credit as a Service: The next frontier for embedded payments

By Ivo Gueorguiev, co-founder of Paynetics Firms are increasingly seeking ways to bring the ease and simplicity of digita..

How retail can leverage advances in Open Banking technology to boost marketing effectiveness, profit and growth

How retail can leverage advances in Open Banking technology to boost marketing effectiveness, profit and growth

To be attributed to Ramzi Yakob, Chief Product Officer at Upside Saving Open Banking is an opportunity to look at your mar..

Credit as a Service: The next frontier for embedded payments

Credit as a Service: The next frontier for embedded payments

By Ivo Gueorguiev, co-founder of Paynetics   Firms are increasingly seeking ways to bring the ease and simplicity of digitalised ..

Risk FX retreat catapults dollar to 3-month top as reflation doubts reemerge

Risk FX retreat catapults dollar to 3-month top as reflation doubts reemerge

By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Currencies such as the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, Norway’s crown and Br..

How to Maintain Positive Psychology while Trading

How to Maintain Positive Psychology while Trading

By Patrick Reid, co-founder of the AdamisPrinciple.com  Trading can be a brutal and unforgiving health hazard. If you search on the in..

The Secret to Solving Your Supply Chain Blind Spot

The Secret to Solving Your Supply Chain Blind Spot

By Lindsay Pinkos, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Kofax Most of us can look back and laugh about the infamous toilet paper shorta..

Five things you need to know before sending money abroad

Five things you need to know before sending money abroad

Millions of Brits provide financial support to their families overseas, with an average of £7.7 billion being sent from people in the ..

European stocks rise on bargain-hunting, erase weekly losses

European stocks rise on bargain-hunting, erase weekly losses

(Reuters) -European stocks jumped more than 1% on Friday, posting their best session in two months and erasing all of this week’..

Building A Portfolio For Retirement

Building A Portfolio For Retirement

By: Anthony Watson, Founder Thrive Retirement Specialists  Your investment portfolio is likely one of the primary assets you plan to r..

What are the top luxury products to invest in for 2021?

What are the top luxury products to invest in for 2021?

Since the inception of trading and banking, people have constantly been looking for new ways to increase their wealth through investme..

Yes, winning the Euros really can help your stock market

Yes, winning the Euros really can help your stock market

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Euro 2020 semi-final victories for England and Italy mean football’s either coming home o..

U.S. dollar falls as euro climbs in risky FX rout

U.S. dollar falls as euro climbs in risky FX rout

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar retreated on Thursday from a three-month high hit late in the previous session, ..

Fed keen to be ‘well positioned’ to act on inflation, other risks, minutes show

Fed keen to be ‘well positioned’ to act on inflation, other risks, minutes show

By Howard Schneider, Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials last month felt substa..

Analysis-Reflation rethink sends bond markets into a spin

Analysis-Reflation rethink sends bond markets into a spin

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – An economy powering back from the COVID-19 shock and resurgent inflation is yesterdayR..

Stocks, bond yields, oil fall as risk appetite fades

Stocks, bond yields, oil fall as risk appetite fades

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock prices fell sharply Tuesday – after some indexes briefly touched new high..

Dollar edges higher as market awaits clues from U.S. Fed

Dollar edges higher as market awaits clues from U.S. Fed

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained against a basket of peer currencies on Tuesday following the U.S. Indepen..

G20 to back global corporate tax deal, says French finance minister

G20 to back global corporate tax deal, says French finance minister

PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday his G20 counterparts are poised to give political endor..

OPEC+ abandons oil policy meeting after Saudi-UAE clash

OPEC+ abandons oil policy meeting after Saudi-UAE clash

By Rania El Gamal, Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex Lawler DUBAI (Reuters) -OPEC+ ministers called off oil output talks on Monday after clashing..

Understanding Retail Sales Figures

Understanding Retail Sales Figures

Retail sales represent one of the pillars of any enterprise. The best way to ensure that your retail business succeeds is to build a s..

Corporate Tax Rates May Impact Worker Jobs

Corporate Tax Rates May Impact Worker Jobs

A corporate tax, also known as corporation tax or business tax, is an indirect tax imposed on the personal or corporate income or asse..

Global share markets rise, bonds fall on U.S. jobs data

Global share markets rise, bonds fall on U.S. jobs data

By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall and Huw Jones NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Friday on a better-than-expected U.S. month..

COLLECTING COLLECTIBLES? CONSIDER THIS.

COLLECTING COLLECTIBLES? CONSIDER THIS.

By: Stephanie Spies, CFP When you think of collectibles, the first things that may come to mind are your baseball card collection, the..

The fear of inheriting wealth; How a philanthropic legacy can burden and uplift the next generation

The fear of inheriting wealth; How a philanthropic legacy can burden and uplift the next generation

By: Antonia Mitchell, Director, Aurelia Philanthropy The trouble with Wills Wills are tricky subjects at the best of times, with the l..

Halfway through 2021, what can you do now to finish the 2021 investment year strong?

Halfway through 2021, what can you do now to finish the 2021 investment year strong?

By: Eddie Ortiz, Founder & CEO of PressPlay Finance With the world starting to open up slowly post-pandemic, it can be..

Factbox-UK aims to strengthen London as a global financial centre

Factbox-UK aims to strengthen London as a global financial centre

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry set out reforms to capital markets on Thursday to sharpen the City of London..

Global shares fall on pandemic fears ahead of jobs report

Global shares fall on pandemic fears ahead of jobs report

By Carolyn Cohn and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares retreated from recent highs on Wednesday, as Asi..

Sterling gains vs euro after ‘sausage war’ ceasefire

Sterling gains vs euro after ‘sausage war’ ceasefire

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -The British pound edged higher against the euro on Wednesday after the European Union agreed t..

Global shares edge lower on new COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia

Global shares edge lower on new COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia

By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares edged lower on Tuesday, as new coronavirus outbreaks in Asia vied..

U.S. dollar climbs as new virus outbreaks threaten global outlook

U.S. dollar climbs as new virus outbreaks threaten global outlook

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Saikat Chatterjee NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose on Tuesday to a one-week peak..

Exclusive-New investor backs BT, says fibre JV may not be needed – source

Exclusive-New investor backs BT, says fibre JV may not be needed – source

By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -BT’s new billionaire investor is backing the British telecoms group to go it al..