All content Archive | February 2015

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February 28th
- FTSE 100 v FTSE 250: why have they diverged by so much?
February 27th
- Is Nigeria heading for disaster?
- The UK doesn’t have a housing shortage
- Properties for around £1m
- Nasdaq is a bubble in search of a pin
- Petropavlovsk investors approve board’s refinancing plans
- Can we take the Greens seriously?
- Stand aside – this bond bubble will blow
- How to profit as drones take over our skies
- Cash for access scandal claims two scalps
- British blue-chip stocks rebound
- Brazil hits rock bottom – it’s time to buy
- Markets: FTSE 100 back on a high
- 27 February 1900: The launch of the Labour Party
February 26th
- Greece eats humble moussaka as bailout is extended
- Investing in water: Profit from liquid gold
- This epic crash has hurt us all – and it’ll take a long time to forget it
- Pensioners are in pretty good financial shape, and it’s the young who are paying
- Pay is finally rising – and for all the right reasons
- Bad news for US stocks – wages are going up
- Markets: FTSE 100 down from record high
- 26 February 1995: “Rogue trader” Nick Leeson breaks Barings Bank
February 25th
- Tramlines have pointed me to another low-risk trade
- Properties with minstrels’ galleries
- Sapinda accuses Petropavlovsk bondholders of ‘scaremongering'
- Britain’s best luxury hotels
- Michele Ferrero: The reclusive real-life Willy Wonka
- Investing for the long run is important – but there's nothing wrong with a little speculation
- Football’s £5bn bonanza
- Markets: FTSE 100 closes at a record high
- 25 February 1986: 'People Power' topples Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos
February 24th
- Naibu's disappearing-director scandal reminds us why we need friends on the board
- Here’s what the FTSE 100’s near-record high can teach you about investing
- Markets: FTSE 100 little changed despite commodity stocks slide
- 24 February 1809: Drury Lane theatre burns down
February 23rd
- There’s nothing immoral about dodging tax
- Should investors chase growth or hunt value?
- Get a better return with a 'regular saver' account
- How to pick a trade using tramlines
- Petropavlovsk shareholders ‘better off with Sapinda’
- Indonesia’s new tax law is bad news for Singapore
- We should go for Putin’s weak point – the economy
- How the Tootsie Roll became America's favourite sweet
- Invest in India’s resurgence
- Labour’s confused moral crusade
- US earnings crumble
- Good news for eurozone stocks – a dollop of fudge saves the day again
- 23 February 1963: The case of the electrified Land Rover
February 21st
- FTSE 100 hits 15-year highs, but it's no time to sell
February 20th
- Greece is a sideshow – watch US T-bonds instead
- Sapinda: 'No ulterior motive' over Petropavlovsk
- Debt talks go down to the wire
- Heading for 'good' deflation
- How to profit as electric cars hit the mainstream
- Apple car or not, the way we drive is going to change radically
- 20 February 1792: First US postal service begins
February 19th
- Are markets right to be so laid-back over Greece?
- Lessons for asset managers from the bankers
- Forget deflation – inflation is still a far bigger risk for the UK
- 19 February 1674: Treaty of Westminster gives New Amsterdam to England
February 18th
- I was dead wrong about gold (and that doesn’t matter)
- Cash-strapped Petropavlovsk dismisses Sapinda approach
- Markets: FTSE 100 back on the rise
- 18 February 1911: First official airmail flight
February 17th
- Peter Hambro: Own shares in Petropavlovsk? You need to act now
- Fancy a holiday home in Greece? They could soon be going cheap
- 17 February 2003: London introduces the Congestion Charge
February 16th
- Brazil’s water shortage is a big bad buying signal
- Everyone is getting euro QE wrong
- Income security still trumps 'flexible' pensions
- It’s pointless to envy the super-rich
- How to prepare for the most nerve-racking election ever
- Is this the end for 'free' banking?
- Markets: commodity stocks lift FTSE 100
- 16 February 1957: The “Toddlers’ Truce” comes to an end
February 13th
- The charts have spoken: gold is going to take off
- Buy these three US stocks and profit from America's recovery
- Cut the cost of reinvesting dividends
- Properties for around £600,000
- The world is still drowning in debt
- Where to stay in St Barth’s
- The great corporate tax dodge
- Cypress Terraces: A chardonnay with suave charm and flair
- Chart of the day: Key indicator points to gloom
- Big business must take the fight to the 'Ukip of the left'
- Emerging markets: Is this the end for the growth miracle?
- Looking for a contrarian bet? Try this battered oil play
- Patti Stanger: The key to success is 'go with your gut'
- Robert Shiller: The importance of a good story
- Markets: FTSE 100 rallies
- China’s growth rate: the dragon runs out of puff
- Jeremy Grantham: Oil price slump won’t last
- 13 February 1914: American artists get organised with ASCAP
February 12th
- Ceasefire in Ukraine: Is the crisis over, or is it just another false dawn?
- Should we arm Ukraine to face down Putin?
- Tories tainted by tax scandal
- US economy delivers jobs and pay rise
- Is Tesco turning the corner?
- HSBC in Swiss tax dodge scandal
- Business is not the enemy
- Prepare your portfolio for doomsday
- Five threats to your wealth
- Robert Shiller: why one of the world's smartest economists is worried about the bond market
- The end of the euro: how the Greek stand-off could trigger it
- Markets: FTSE 100 falls further ahead of EU Greece meeting
- 12 February 1851: the Australian gold rush
February 11th
- Gold’s going down, but not for long
- Markets: FTSE 100 down for the third day in a row
- 11 February 1826: England gets its third university
February 10th
- Not getting paid enough? Blame your pension
- The 'disruptive innovators' making waves in finance
- Markets: stocks hit by fears over Greece
- 10 February 1355: The St Scholastica’s Day riots
February 9th
- This wedge pattern says the FTSE is about to spasm violently
- Young people are driving an explosion of ecommerce in Bangkok and beyond
- Pippa Malmgren: ‘biflation’ is coming, and it's going to hurt
- Countdown to pensions freedom
- Make the super-rich pay their taxes
- Is your fund manager worth his fees?
- Soaring America or floundering Europe? No contest – buy Europe
- Markets: Miners drag FTSE 100 down
- Tracking down the real talent with 'active share'
- 9 February 1979: Britain’s first £1m footballer
February 6th
- The insultingly simple secret of successful traders
- Go green with these low-carbon, energy-efficient homes
- Jack Bogle: The fund manager who hates ETFs
- Where to stay in St Lucia
- The Philippines' Cinderella story
- US profits melt away
- Canary Wharf: London’s real-life monopoly game
- The Adam Grand Slam - Vauxhall’s pocket rocket
- Felix Zulauf: Europe will turn Japanese
- Buy these safe haven stocks in Europe
- I don’t know when the bond bubble will burst – but it’ll hurt when it does
- Dr Pippa Malmgren: How to read the signs of doom
- Negative interest rates are a crazy idea – could they happen here?
- The 15 emerging market investments our experts would buy now
- Markets: late rally pushes FTSE 100 into positive territory
- The assets to buy now – February 2015
- 6 February 1918: (some) British women get the vote
February 5th
- Dressed-down Greece demands a haircut
- Red Ed blasts the titans of commerce
- The Aussie joins currency wars
- Ocado finally delivers a profit
- Has the price of black gold hit bottom already?
- End is nigh for index huggers
- Paying for bank accounts: how negative interest rates will cost you
- Greek debt: Frankfurt strikes back
- Looking for property bargains? Don’t turn to the US
- How deflation could push up the price of gold
- 5 February 1869: World's biggest gold nugget is found
February 4th
- I correctly predicted the euro would turn up at $1.11
- Markets: FTSE 100 climbs to its highest in five months
- 4 February 1818: Sir Walter Scott finds the Honours of Scotland
February 3rd
- Prison planet: how free movement of capital is a thing of the past
- Oil’s rebound may not last – but great opportunities are coming
- Markets: energy stocks lift FTSE 100
- 3 February 1960: Macmillan’s “wind of change” speech
February 2nd
- On a roll: I called yet another twist in the gold market
- Argentina’s spy crisis is terrifying investors – here’s why you must hold your nerve
- Funds: Follow the directors with 'skin in the game'
- Paul Staines: Making money from the 'blogging lark'
- Gold makes sense in a world of negative yields
- Bill Browder: The fund manager who became a crusader against Putin
- The days of this sneaky financial market rip-off are numbered
- Investing isn’t a beauty contest
- London is booming again – and no, it’s not just about the spivs
- The sheer jamminess of St George
- Markets: FTSE 100 sees disappointing end to the week
- 2 February 1709: Alexander Selkirk is rescued