China’s stockmarket performance has been as breakneck as the country’s economic growth recently, with the Shanghai Composite Index rising 40% since the start of the year. The surge was spurred by last August’s market reforms, …
“Is the party over for the junk-bond market?” asks Taron Wade on Breakingviews.com. Until now, the demand for junk bonds (high-yield, riskier debt) has seemed insatiable: markets have been so happy to swallow up this …
The foiled plot to detonate bombs on up to ten aircraft flying between the UK and US rivalled the attack on the World Trade Centre in its intended carnage. Yet the markets’ relatively muted reaction …
ALI SAMSAM BAKHTIARI is a retired “senior energy expert,” formerly employed by the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) of Tehran, Iran. He has held a number of important positions with NIOC since 1971. He is …
When silver first made the cover of MoneyWeek back in March 2004, it had already risen 60% in one year and most analysts thought our bullishness was insanity. Since then, the metal has more than …
Amid all the talk of rising bankruptcies and irresponsible lending policies comes a mortgage that will allow homebuyers to borrow up to seven times their income – in exchange for a chunk of any profits …
The Bank of England’s August interest-rate hike didn’t just take the City by surprise. Property pundits and estate agents were left choking on their lattes as rates rose for the first time in two years …
Competition from private-equity groups is cramping the style of the few investment trusts that specialise in the utilities sector, says Bernard Lambilliotte, chief executive of fund management group Ecofin, quoted in the FT. “Their presence …
Hedge funds have traditionally been beyond the reach of most investors, but that’s changing as a raft of new hedge ‘fund of funds’ list on the stockmarket. Investors can buy and sell shares in these …
Love him or loathe him, that modern icon of bad taste, David Hasselhoff, is rarely off the television. But his latest role has nothing to do with rescuing struggling swimmers or busting crooks, although there …