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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, 20215 min read
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Pinterest – ‘Uninspired’ by Microsoft’s $51 Billion Bid
Microsoft’s most recent venture involved a staggering $51 billion offer to take over the well-known social media company Pinterest....
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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A tale of fashion conquests: How are online retailers Boohoo and Asos taking over the industry?
Online Fashion retailers have created a very lucrative business model relying on low prices, trendy clothing and a very efficient...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Zone
After a series of arduous negotiations, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was signed on December 14th,...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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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 21, 20213 min read
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India’s budget battle against faltering GDP
On the 26th November 1947, the first Union budget of Independent India was published. The latest, unveiled on 1st of February, echoes...
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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Introduction to Investment Banking: The start to an eventful career
Investment banking is an incredibly lucrative career, with some first-year analysts earning up to £92,000 per year. The idea of earning...
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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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, 20213 min read
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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, 20213 min read
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Burnley FC: From Rags to Riches
A toxic combination of Brexit and COVID have had contractionary effects on the English Premier League, vastly restricting the funds...
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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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, 20215 min read
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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, 20213 min read
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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...
Feb 7, 20212 min read
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Democracy in recession: an economic perspective
This is a guest article written by Hugh Lupson, a former History & Geography student at the University of Leeds Joe Biden is now the...
Jan 25, 20215 min read
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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 20, 20214 min read
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Regulating Big Tech, the New Social Dilemma
In the last decade, the technological sector has grown beyond the scope of imagination and in the process, propelled society forward....
Jan 18, 20213 min read
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Wisdom from three financial experts: Generation X vs Y
Andrea Pankhurst is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a small specialist cleaning company, based in Derbyshire, UK. Her husband,...
Jan 11, 20214 min read
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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 11, 20214 min read
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The participation gap: The role of developing economies in the climate crisis
We are living in a global climate crisis. This is undeniable. For millennia, global carbon dioxide levels had not been above roughly 300...
Jan 4, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
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