Category Archives: Financial News

Supermarket price crash

As I am sure you are aware Tesco has become ever journalist’s whipping boy this week as it finally emerged that they have not had a chief financial officer in place for some months five months before the latest £250 … Continue reading

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Markets back at year 2000 levels

Political unrest in the Middle East and Russia continued to fill the media headlines but as dealers returned to their desks after the Summer holidays the investment markets adopted a positive stance. The FTSE managed to hit a 14 year … Continue reading

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Calm returns

It was a much steadier week for the markets on both sides of The Atlantic as the FTSE 100 climbed to a three week high and the US Dow Jones improved 2% to regain the 17,000 level. This despite the … Continue reading

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Nursing Europe out of intensive care

Events in the middle east and Ukraine have  absorbed traders in the city over the past couple of weeks with swings in the fortune of both European & US stocks been influenced by political and military actions.So far despite all … Continue reading

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Good news tuning sour

In a week where the US economy was shown to have roared back into life, after a poor start to the year, you might have expected better performance from the markets.The FTSE 100 London index drifted down over the week … Continue reading

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