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Could the FAANGs be leading U.S. equities recovery on stock markets this week? Will central banks be able to use this to stimulate a recovery?

Share prices continue to drop, whilst central banks raise interest rates

June 17, 2022

The Crypto Winter is here. Bitcoin is at an 18-month low. Coinbase are firing 1,100 employees.

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Did Goldman Sachs’ Hank Paulson ever leave Wall Street?

June 15, 2022

After becoming US Secretary of Treasury, did Hank Paulson leave his job at Goldman Sachs behind?

Uncertainty for Tech firms as Job cuts continue

June 3, 2022

Last month saw the first signs of companies making cuts to stave off the further threat of recession. This week more companies are facing the threat of recession, while others suggest that Winter is coming.

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Billionaires, Politicians and Banks in this week’s Trading Trends

May 27, 2022

Billionaires and politicians and whether we trust them was a question that Elon Musk asked this week. With interest rates rising, banks like JP Morgan and others will be able to finally make a larger return on their loans.

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Trading Trends – Is Tesla still Green?

May 20, 2022

Tesla’s promise as a green innovator appear to be going up in ‘smoke’.

This week’s Trading Trends focus on Crypto

May 13, 2022

Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Netflix (the FAANGs) and Tesla are all down this week. Tesla has taken the largest dip, dropping by over 15% this week. The FAANGs have only performed slightly better.

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The Uncertain Future of the Moscow Stock Exchange

March 7, 2022

This is an incredibly difficult time to write about capital markets, let alone predict any type of future. Words like ‘financial warfare’ and ‘uninvestable’ are becoming daily topics on most news channels. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is facing its biggest challenges in recent times. Gazprom is still heating much of Western Europe. In the meantime, the Moscow Stock Exchange remains shut. Its future remains uncertain.

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Buy-side FX focus on Technology with Lab49

February 18, 2022

Companies like Lab49 are working with both the sell-side and now more and more with the buy-side when it comes to FX technology.

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Gordon Brown and the strange war on Iceland

February 16, 2022

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How Big Will the 2022 Share Price Declines Be?

February 9, 2022

The 2022 crash could be worse because it combines the money-losing startups of the dotcom crash with the over-leveraged financial firms of 2008.

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Is rationality finally emerging for Unicorn share prices?

January 27, 2022

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U.S. Private Enterprises versus The Republic of Argentina

January 24, 2022

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Does ASOS’s move to the LSE spell AIM’s downfall?

January 19, 2022

This situation highlights what many are beginning to see as the main issue of junior markets like AIM. Although ASOS was able to build a successful company while listed, they’ve reached a pivotal point where growth is no longer possible without graduating to a main market.

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The Five Biggest IPOs of 2021

January 5, 2022

2021 was a big year for IPOs. With almost 1,500 companies listing around the world, the number of IPOs nearly doubled in 2021 compared to the year before. The amount of capital raised surpassed $525 billion.

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The 7 Potentially Disastrous Investments of 2021

December 23, 2021

As Christmas and the New Year approaches, pour yourself a glass of Bailey’s (or perhaps something more expensive if you’re one of this year’s crypto winners) and look back at some of the winners and losers of 2021.

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