Making a Green Economy, One Bond at a Time
What if the only incentive we needed to stop global warming was to make money doing so? Whoever said there is no ethical consumption...
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- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Apple - An analysis through the lens of ESG
Apple, the largest tech company in the world, a global industry leader with a market cap of over $2 trillion is navigating through a...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
British Pound Sterling breaks out
In view of the vaccination rates, the post-Brexit UK economy is proving resilient which can be seen by the rising strength of the GBP,...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
Market Roundup
Spotlight: Bitcoin (BTC) Last week, all eyes were pointed at a single cryptocurrency while it reached a significant market capitalisation...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
Bitcoin on the rise: $53,000 and counting
On 19th February, the price of Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $53,000, the latest milestone in a strong rally. The dramatic rise comes...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
DeFi: Pioneering crypto as a social benefactor
ESG (short for environmental, social, governance) investing is often summarised as ‘sustainable’ investing. However, this is an...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
A Telecom dilemma: How a merger between titans might affect prices
On 7th May 2020, Liberty Global and Telefonica announced their plans to merge Virgin Media (Virgin) and O2. Initially, the European...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
Why ESG Investing needs to be the New Norm
The global allocation of capital in financial markets is still strongly weighted against global interest. This needs to change; we don’t...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 5 min
Market Roundup
Spotlight on GameStop (GME) At the heart of the battle between Reddit retail investors and Wall Street, GameStop, a video game retailer,...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
Investing in the future of water
If you’ve seen The Big Short, then you probably remember that it ended with the rather ominous message that Michael Burry, the man who...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
Where is the Profit? How non-profit tech companies have surged in volume
With 2020 firmly in the rear-view mirror, one aspect that has continued into 2021 is the major disconnect between the financial markets...
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Market Roundup
This article refernces the weeks at the end of December leading up to January Spotlight on Tesla Tesla has gone from strength to strength...
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
History repeats Itself: Could there be yet another bubble inflating?
The South Sea Bubble of the 1720s and the stock market turbulence of the 2020s, what's the difference between them? At first glance, a...
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Global Investors In Trouble After The Chinese Government Cracks Down On Ant Group
Ant Group and Alibaba, the two titans of Chinese technology founded by Ma Yun (Jack Ma), are being heavily regulated by the Chinese...
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
Edral Exponential: A look into Student-Run Market Analysis
Below this paragraph is an interview with Jay Hughes, a current student at the University of Leeds, and an insight into the market...
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
Market Roundup
Spotlight on Airbnb Airbnb debuted on the NASDAQ on Thursday, December 10. This IPO saw the travel company valued at $100 billion by the...
- Dec 13, 2020
- 2 min
Big Bulls: Investors strap in
Markets are red hot right now. In the frenzied month since Biden’s presidential victory, the elusive vaccine has moved from pipe dream to...
- Nov 29, 2020
- 5 min
Market Roundup
Last week’s market movements summarised A continued recovery in stock markets was anticipated last week as they rallied the week before...
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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