What’s the Outlook for Airbnb’s IPO?
It has been a troubling time for the travel industry, and Airbnb has had an even tougher year. Strapped for cash, Airbnb completed its...
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Nov 29, 20203 min read
What’s So Special About the John Lewis Christmas Advert This Year?
When asked to write an article about ‘positive news’, I tried extremely hard for approximately 8 seconds to not think about Christmas....
Nov 29, 20203 min read
The Future of Transport – Hyperloop. A dream or a close reality?
Approximately 4 hours and 20 minutes is what it takes to travel by train from London to Edinburgh. However, what if you could cover this...
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Are the Tides Turning on the Lira? - Political shake-up sparks hope for the drowning currency
The Turkish Lira has been gasping for air, as it struggles not getting swallowed up by the predatory double-digit inflation haunting the...
Nov 16, 20204 min read
Navigating a Career in Finance: an interview with Matthew Proudlove
Navigating a career in finance: from a year in Germany to Yorkshire puddings – an interview with Matthew Proudlove Matthew Proudlove is...
Nov 16, 20202 min read
What a Biden Presidency means for Climate Change
The infamous climate change denier Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would take the US out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement...
Nov 16, 20202 min read
Nikola Corp. Shares Lose Ground in Q3 as Investors Flee-off!
Nikola Corp. (ticker: NKLA), an American company dubbed as the “Tesla of trucking”, has announced several concept zero-emissions vehicles...
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Neo-Colonialism in Africa? The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
China is exerting a new form of colonialism on the African continent and it is being largely unopposed. The Chinese Belt and Road...
Nov 16, 20202 min read
Lael Brainard – Making the centre hold
Lael Brainard may be your favourite economic advisor’s economic advisor. Now, she is the top contender for Biden’s Secretary of Treasury....
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Buffett’s Billions: How Berkshire Hathaway is cutting a path to profits of $30 billion dollars
Berkshire Hathaway and its 90-year-old founder, Warren Buffett, have been household names on Wall Street since most people can even...
Nov 16, 20205 min read
Market Roundup
Last week’s biggest market movers Global stock markets rallied furiously at the start of last week as positive news of a breakthrough in...
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Bitcoin’s Bulls Rage on Amongst US Election Outcome
As the US election comes to a close, an important milestone has been hit in the world of cryptocurrency, with Bitcoin hitting a new...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
The Latte Effect: Helping students achieve financial freedom
Would you believe me if I told you that you can turn a coffee into £58,000 by the end of this article? What can students do to improve...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Football United: The footballer who brought the country together
There have been no red cards for Rashford recently as he has managed to score the heart of the nation with his campaign to...
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Biden and Trump’s Economic Plan: A Comparison
With the impact of the pandemic on the economy, the economic agendas of the candidates in the 2020 US general election have become...
Nov 2, 20204 min read
Market Roundup
Spotlight on Boohoo Boohoo has been a very interesting business to follow over the past few weeks, due to the emergence of a scandal...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
‘Dual Circulation’: The economic direction of china in the era of unilateralism
Since the President of China, Xi Jinping, first proposed the concept of a ‘dual circulation’ economic model in May of this year, analysts...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Can Nvidia Complete its Takeover of Arm, Despite Intense Scrutiny?
In September 2020, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of tech company Nvidia, announced his intention to buy Arm, a technology IP firm, for...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Second Time Lucky for McAfee?
McAfee (ticker:MCFE), the internet security firm founded in 1987 by John McAfee, has had a rough return to the market; this marks its...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
What a ‘Blue Wave’ Win Could Mean for US Equity Markets
This coming Tuesday, the US goes to vote for its 59th quadrennial presidential election. Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, is...
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