“Elephants don’t gallop,” Jim Slater once said. Taking a look at the FTSE 100’s performance over the past three years, he seems to have been right. It has returned 58% in that time, against more …
Unless given to members of the cast or crew, film props were generally destroyed and forgotten about until the 1970s. From then on, MGM studios realised they could make some serious money by auctioning off …
If you want an idea of how barmy the market for football memorabilia has become, forget the £24,000 paid recently for George Best’s shirt from the 1970 FA Cup fifth round. Instead, look to the …
Now that fossil-fuel prices have soared over the past two years, nuclear power is right back on the political agenda. Encouragingly, the Government’s stance to the industry has warmed, and there is even talk of …
Paul Hill, one of Briain’s most successful private investors, picks the worst tip from the week’s press and brokers’ reports: It is commonly said that only two things in life are certain – death and …
The news that City workers are on track to share a record £21bn in bonuses this year is likely to have fuelled a mixture of disbelief, envy and perhaps anger in those who don’t work …
With the US economic outlook darkening rapidly, and exports to America a key component of Asian growth, it’s no wonder the consensus on Asia ex-Japan equities is “uncertain, bordering on bearish”, as Investec’s Greg Kuhnert …
“The mega-run for commodities has run its course,” says Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley’s chief global economist in a Bloomberg article this week. The price of gold has fallen 20% from its highs – so it’s …
There is total detachment from the bad news now pouring out of the US economy. For several years, the booming housing market has made the difference between recession and recovery for the US economy. Zooming …
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