Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Government considers new investment fund to support start-ups post-Brexit

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The government is considering launching a new investment fund to support the growth of start-ups in the UK, fearing a loss in access to funds from the European Investment Fund (EIF) after its exit from the European Union. EIF-backed funds have…
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FTSE 100 history: how the index has changed over 33 years

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The FTSE 100 index has just seen one of its quarterly changes with security firm G4S and real estate investment trust Segro promoted to the top 100. Although perhaps small in themselves, these regular events have changed the face of the UK’s…

UK Trading Costs Rise Since Brexit

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It has cost fund managers an average of six additional basis points to trade UK equities since the UK voted to leave the European Union in June last year according to analysis by electronic broker ITG. The Brexit referendum was held on June…

FTSE Supermarkets Split On The Amazon Effect

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Greek deal buoys European stocks The shock sensation that the Bank of England could finally be about to lift UK interest rates died down on Friday. If monetary tightening spreads beyond US shores, that’s when global stock markets could…

Stocks that are an investor’s best friend

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The Safer Dogs of the TSX returned from their vacation this week. The occasion prompted me to take a closer look at the developments in the world of the high-yield blue-chip stocks over the last six weeks. Seven stocks passed the Safer Dogs…

Technology sell-off weighs on Britain’s FTSE

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By Helen Reid LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - British shares fell on Monday as a technology sell-off spread across Europe, while contractor Mitie jumped after forecasting a recovery in its fortunes. Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 0.3 percent by 1000…

Sector movers: Retailers in the red as consumer spending worries worsen

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Retailers were the big drag on the FTSE 350 today as survey data showed households continued to show caution on spending. UK households spent less for the second month in a row in June, Visa said in its monthly consumer spending index, dropping…

Oil prices and safe-haven assets jump following US missile strike on Syria

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Oil prices climbed to one-month highs on Friday while investors flocked to safe-haven assets, after the US launched a missile strike on an airbase in Syria in response to recent chemical weapon attacks. According to Reuters, US President…

The Trump effect on US Economy: The Positive Take

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You can call it the Trump effect. For the first time since the economic crisis, more Americans feel positive about the economy than negative about it, a Pew Research survey found. “What a difference a year, and possibly an election, makes,”…

87% of active UK equity funds underperformed in 2016

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