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Editorial
The Undoing Of Thomas Cook Group Plc
September 24, 2019 08:45 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Thomas Cook Group Plc met with its unceremonious end on 23 September 2019 when it applied for bankruptcy protection in a United Kingdom High Court after making desperate efforts to survive for a year when it was reeling under a mountain of debt....
The Bank Of England Keeps The Bank Rate Unchanged At 0.75%
September 21, 2019 02:03 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Monetary Policy Committee of the BOE (Bank of England) has unanimously voted to keep the bank rate unchanged at 0.75%. At the monetary policy concluded as on September 18, 2019, the BOE highlighted that Brexit related fog hovering over the Britis...
UK Consumer Price Inflation Report For August 2019 Is Out!
September 20, 2019 08:10 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyInflation can be defined as the rate at which the prices of goods and services increase. It is the single most crucial economic measure which reflects financial wellbeing of an economy. If it increases faster, it could lead to a gradual fall in the p...
Consequences Of a “Disorderly Brexit”- Bank of England Update!
September 19, 2019 01:55 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAs on September 03, 2019, the BOE Governor Mark Carney wrote in response to the letter dated July 17, 2019 from the previous Chair of Treasury Committee, the Rt Hon Nicky Morgan, MP. Ms Morgan's letter concerned the scenarios that were published by t...
Markets Decline After Synchronized Drone Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities
September 18, 2019 08:50 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyOn 14 September, in an unprecedented set of events, there were synchronised drone attacks on two vital oil installations inside Saudi Arabia, owned by state-owned company Aramco, imperilling the output capacity of the country. The attack raised the r...
Investment Strategy @ Point Brexit
September 18, 2019 01:42 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe valuations of London Stock Exchange listed stocks have become very attractive lately, just as United Kingdom and European Union are about to part ways. With LSE being on a three-year rally, it represents an unprecedented buying opportunity for in...
Turmoil In The Oil Market Has Pushed Gold Prices Up; Is The Rush Sustainable?
September 18, 2019 01:38 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe weekend started with a drone strike against Saudi Arabia's oil-processing facilities and ended with an unprecedented turmoil in the oil market, as Brent Crude Oil futures spiked approximately 20 per cent. This turned the global market in the expe...
Gold Prices Surge Amid Heightened Middle East Geopolitical Tension
September 17, 2019 08:40 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSafe heaven metals prices on the September 16th, 2019 market session rose after a strike against Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which has raised geopolitical tensions in the middle east and pushed the demand for safe-haven assets. Gold Futures for de...
Where Should You Invest – FTSE 100 or Bitcoin?
September 17, 2019 08:30 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyIn the last couple of years, interest in Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies has surged, which in turn has led to increased investments in this complex asset. Though many people have argued about the validity and even existence of the true intrinsic...
Is The Offer By Hong Stock Exchange For LSE Destined To Fail?
September 14, 2019 08:50 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe city of London and the financial world was taken by surprise on 11 September when Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited announced that it had made an unsolicited, preliminary and highly conditional proposal to the Board of London Stock Exchang...
Analysing 3 Scenarios For Oil Futures
September 14, 2019 02:24 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyCrude oil as an energy resource has dominated the world’s geo-political landscape like no other commodity in the past one hundred years. The leverage that this commodity commands as a geo-political tool far surpasses gold which has ruled the world’s...
UK’s Energy Market Scenario And Unaware Energy Consumers Loses In Billions
September 14, 2019 02:17 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAccording to a report by Bulb Energy Limited, a challenger energy company, 10 million homes across the United Kingdom are stuck on to the most expensive deals as they are paying their energy bills via standard variable tariffs. The research by the co...
Has The FTSE 100 Index’s Current Valuation Discounted Brexit And Recession Risks?
September 13, 2019 01:56 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFTSE 100 index is a portfolio of 100 large-cap companies by market capitalisation listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index is also considered as a benchmark of global stocks which are headquartered in the UK. Some of its major constituent compa...
UK Employment Data For May To July Gives Mixed Signals Amid Brexit Uncertainty
September 12, 2019 08:40 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOn September 10, 2019 the Office for National Statistics released estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the period May to July 2019. Rate of employment in the UK was estimated at 76.1%, the recorded estimate was the highes...
Why Does FTSE 100 Tend To Rise In The Wake Of Fall In Sterling Pound?
September 11, 2019 01:48 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAn exchange rate is not only a barometer of the economy but the stock markets as well, however, it is very difficult to figure out any single event or reason for the fluctuation in the exchange rate and its consequence on the stock indices. There has...
Recent Developments: Brexit, UK Trade Data And Housing Prices Update
September 10, 2019 08:20 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyStocks in the London Market are trending higher with the broader equity benchmark index FTSE 100 extending gains on the first trading session of this week and adding 25.78 points or 0.35 per cent to 7,308.12. The reason behind the surge in today's se...
Trending – Halifax Housing Prices Report And Gold vs Bitcoin
September 07, 2019 08:20 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyUK’s House Prices Hold Steady in August 2019- HALIFAX Report. As it is widely considered, housing prices will unquestionably be impacted by events in the wider economy. The single biggest growth engine for both prices and activities over the long-t...
A Walk Through The Dividend Pay-Out Process In The United Kingdom
September 06, 2019 08:40 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIn general, a company’s dividend policy encompasses the amount of dividend to be paid to the eligible shareholders and the frequency with which dividend is to be distributed. After reporting profit, the companies must decide on what needs to be done...
Rebel Tory MPs And Opponents Defeat Boris Johnson In Parliament
September 05, 2019 01:22 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyOn September 03, 2019, the rebel MPs of the Conservative Party and opposition rebuffed the British Prime Minister in Westminster in an attempt to prevent Mr Boris Johnson taking the UK out of the EU bloc without any formal agreement. The development...
UK Manufacturing PMI In August 2019 Hits An 85-Month Low Of 47.4 – IHS Markit Report.
September 04, 2019 02:31 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaBusiness confidence plunged to a series-record low New orders taper at the fastest pace in the last seven-year period Source: markiteconomics.com The recent data on UK manufacturing PMI, which was released by IHS Markit/CIPS on September 0.....
AI on the Rise: A Look at Top AI Companies and Their Stocks