Investing Blog

Techs reflect on decade since dotcom boom

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:30 +0000

In January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal

Steel groups lifted by improving outlook

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:29 +0000

Rautaruukki Oyj climbed after Finland’s biggest producer of steel benefited from a broker upgrade on the back of improving sentiment towards the industry

Imperial Tobacco hit by earnings worry

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:29 +0000

London equity markets erased early gains on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected results held the mining sector at bay, while banks also fell back as market sentiment soured

Investors warn EU on private equity rules

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:29 +0000

Europe risks building a protectionist wall between itself and the global private equity industry if plans for a sweeping overhaul of regulation in the sector go ahead, some of the world’s biggest institutional investors have warned

Short View: Price of Nasdaq’s crash

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:29 +0000

It is ten years since the Nasdaq Composite peaked, crashed and burned, but we are still living with its consequences

The pensions shake-up and equity demand

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:28 +0000

The decline of defined benefit pension provision in the US and UK, prompted by tougher regulation and mark-to-market accounting, has accelerated a shift away from more risky investment

Short View: Price of Nasdaq’s crash

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:28 +0000

It is ten years since the Nasdaq Composite peaked, crashed and burned, but we are still living with its consequences

Disappointing data weigh on sterling

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:27 +0000

Sterling lost ground on Tuesday as disappointing economic data and renewed concern over the UK’s banking sector and fiscal health weighed on the pound

Beijing still keen to buy US bonds

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:27 +0000

China’s investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing ‘every day’ and should not be politicised, according to the head of China’s foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves

Wide trade gap hits recovery hopes

forex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:27 +0000

The UK’s trade deficit with the rest of the world reached its widest since August 2008 in January as exports dropped sharply, hitting hopes that the weak pound can deliver an export-driven recovery