“The Cassandras are wrong,” proclaims investment bank Lehman Brothers after a week when global markets groaned and the FTSE had its worst day for over three years (see also Why the UK market shakeout was …
Is the minimum wage rising again? Yes, there’s to be no respite this year. The Low Pay Commission – the quango that advises the Government on the level of the minimum wage – has decided …
This year’s massive outperformance by small caps has had “more than a few Wall Street analysts wiping egg from their faces”, says Richard Moroney on Forbes.com. With a median p/e of the S&P SmallCap 600 …
Rob Hepworth, manager, Allchurches Higher Income Fund tells MoneyWeek where he’d put his money now. My strategy is always to be flexible and open in my investment approach and to be patient and prudent. I …
The rise of the internet and low-cost flights has made travel a tempestuous industry to be involved with in recent years. But for firms able to adapt to change, it has also been a lucrative …
In some medical circles, pigs are referred to as ‘horizontal human beings’ as they are so good at providing parts for medicine. One of these is the fast-growing area of skin. It may not sound …