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In 2020, it was found that a third of people in Britain said that they owned stocks and shares. In addition to this, a large number of additional people are looking into or thinking about buying stocks and shares in the future. This leaves the stock market with a large number of people who could […]

Recent years have seen Meta’s ownership of various big-name apps significantly increase. Currently, some of the apps owned by Meta include Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and other Facebook-related apps such as Messenger. The scale of this ownership only makes Meta’s recent stock market loss more significant as it brings to attention just how much is at […]

During the 2010s, value stocks performed poorly while growth stocks, as a group, beat the market. However, the tables may finally be turning, and value may outshine growth once more, thanks to rate hikes by the US Fed and other central banks around the world. Value Stocks Outperforming Growth Stocks According to Jerfferies’s head of […]

The Dow, S&P 500, and other major global indices were flat during early February, due to uncertainty regarding the impact of inflation and the on-off rhetoric of the Ukraine issue. However, while indices are holding their ground, they are also seeing tremendous intra-day volatility as investors try to calculate what higher inflation will mean later in […]

In what is becoming a winter of financial loss for Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum, meme stocks represent the most recent episode. It comes as benchmark interest rates are predicted to rise soon and rapidly. This has meant a drop in interest towards riskier assets with long-deferred pay-outs – meaning that meme stocks such as GameStop have […]

US stocks saw their worst week since the start of the pandemic at the end of January, following two years of the best inflation-adjusted returns since 1928 – the eve of the Great Depression. The S&P fell more than 5.7 per cent in the closing stages of the month, mirroring the decline seen during the first week […]

Sybiotic is a leading name in Germany’s emerging cannabinoid industry, which is about to explode following the announcement that cannabis will be legalised in the country. At this stage, the government’s intentions are not entirely clear, but the plan is to enable the controlled sale of recreational cannabis to adults via licensed shops. Though there […]

Asian stocks have joined Wall Street in defying the Omicron Covid-19 fears to post a sterling start to the 2022 financial trade year. Even though the virus had seemed to halt the current global economic recovery, the global stock markets posted positive results to start the year. The US and the European markets are also […]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the government will be providing an additional £1 billion in financial support for businesses and venues in the hospitality sector. Soon, every business that is classified as a hospitality business will be able to claim a grant of up to £6,000 to help them to […]

Unless you’ve decided to spend the last year cryogenically frozen, you can’t have missed the issues that have been caused by the sudden shortage in long haul lorry drivers across the country. The run on the petrol stations, which even included the army being called in to help deliver fuel to some places, hit the […]