Can Twitter be used to Predict Moves in the Stock Market?
A ground breaking study by behavioral scientists has revealed that the mood of the public reflected on social media websites such as Twitter could be used to predict fluctuations in the notoriously unpredictable More...
Pound at 30-Year Low Against the Dollar
British people who head for a recreational trip across the Atlantic might be in for an unpleasant surprise as the pound keeps tumbling against the USA dollar. Sterling is now trading at $1.42 which is down around More...
Brexit Risks Dominate 2016 for Pound v Dollar Rate
Over the forthcoming days, Britain, led by Prime Minster David Cameron, will look to renegotiate its membership of the EU. There are many things up for discussion, most notably immigration and the overall cost of More...
All the best for 2016
Last month the International Monetary Fund released their World Economic Outlook. It expects the world to expand in 2016 by 3.6 percent up from this year’s estimated 3.1 percent growth. It is marginally slower More...
Young City Trader who earns 1 million a year
The world’s top traders ages 30 or below are named today, with young guns picked up five of the coveted positions. They represent the changing face of the modern City. None went to Oxbridge, some turn up More...
Downsizing the USA Military
With US sequestration cuts now taking effect and Barack Obama ordering US $85 billion in defence cuts, Colin Cieszynski assesses the impact on the stock market. The latest budget cuts will shrink the USA army More...
The Stock Market
The stock market may seem a mystery to you. All this talk of Bulls and Bears, shorts and longs, not to mention the associated TLAs (three-letter acronyms!) such as IPOs could leave you cold. But that would be a More...
Trading and Investing
Share Prices If you have ever looked at the price charts of shares, then you will have noticed that they are changing price all the time. You can easily find charts online by going to Yahoo Finance or to one of More...
Market Sectors and Indices
Market Sectors For ease of reference, stock markets will group together particular types of shares. One way they do this is in market sectors, for instance having an energy sector for oil, gas and electricity generating More...
Do You Need Stocks?
With the discussion up to now, you may have seen no compelling reason why you should invest in stocks rather than simply putting your money somewhere safe, such as a high interest savings account. Certainly, with More...