Employees either lose their jobs or resign to a more suitable one every year. Therefore, the proportion of employed individuals to the unemployed changes each year. In fact, these changes account for the differences and fluctuations in the rate of unemployment that the world has witnessed and is witnessing till date. According to Statista, the […]

The Mortgage Charter isn’t cash help; it’s a warning blaring out to distressed mortgagees. Get out with equity, while you still can. Last week, I put forth the argument that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt with all the apparatus of state would not intervene in the coming mortgage crisis. This new ‘mortgage charter’ — which virtually every […]

Britain is home to innovation, offering as much AI products as other EU countries. But how significant is the UK AI industry, landscape, and role towards the economy and society?  British experts say AI has the potential to reshape sectors from healthcare to education. Its impact on the UK in 2022 was profound, contributing £3.7 […]

Mortgagees are labouring under the delusion that the government will ride in on a white horse to save them from financial despair. This isn’t going to happen. In August 2022, weeks before Liz Truss became persona non grata amongst mortgage brokers, I noted that a housing market crash was ‘inevitable.’ Since then, the Bank of […]

In Benjamin Franklin’s words: “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” So, it does not determine whether you’re a resident or non-resident of a particular nation. You must plan your tax accordingly, especially if you’re in Europe. This will help you avoid undesired penalties against their tax laws. If you’re a resident […]

Increase the tax, reduce the tax, maybe scrap the tax, perhaps ban new investment completely? The North Sea is venturing into basket case territory. My initial reaction — and I’m aware that I wasn’t alone — to the windfall tax on North Sea energy producers was that the government had essentially told the markets that […]

For the first time in history, the leading stock index Nikkei 225 in Japan reaches the milestone of 33,000 points, according to CNBC. During Tuesday’s afternoon trading in Japan, Nikkei 225 rises by 2 percent. At the same time, the stock index reaches the psychologically important level of 33,000 points, marking the first time it […]

A year ago, growth stocks in general, and tech stocks in particular, were cold on the stock market. Rising interest rates and yield requirements were not optimal. Now it’s a different story. So far this year, the technology-heavy Nasdaq in the US has risen by over 25 percent, which is double the broad index. The […]

Technical analysis presupposes the efficient market hypothesis. That’s not a far assumption in the small cap arena. It will be of no surprise to long term readers here at Investing Strategy that I am a student of fundamentals rather than technical analysis. Partially, this is because despite having worked alongside some of the best technical […]

Transatlantic cooperation depends on EU-US relations. The same is true of AI risk management and global AI governance. The AI genie is out of the bottle. Like it or not, AI is here to stay. How it impacts our lives and whether it will be a positive presence depends on how lawmakers define its place […]

The windfall tax was bad enough. Labour’s plan to stop all new investment is economic insanity on an unprecedented scale. My thoughts below. In May 2022, as oil soared to multi-year highs on the back of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the then-Chancellor and current glorious leader Rishi Sunak introduced a new windfall tax on profits […]

The US debt ceiling is a legal limit on how much the US government can borrow to pay for its spending. If it is not raised by Congress by June 1 2023, the US government will default on its payments for the first time in history. This would have serious consequences for the global economy […]

Andrew Bailey has begged workers not to ask for pay rises and companies not to increase prices. He’s living in a dream world. In 550 BC, Lydian King Croesus’s brother-in-law, the Median King Astyages, was overthrown by his grandson Cyrus the Great. Enraged, Croesus consulted the Oracle of Delphi who told him that he would […]

American Nvidia’s quarterly report delivered significantly better results than expected, leading to a drastic increase in the company’s stock value. American chip giant Nvidia reported a quarterly report for the first quarter that was considerably better than anticipated. The company also released a forecast for the current quarter, which is significantly higher than analysts had […]