Asian stocks slip After Fridays small gains Asian stock slip back again. The news of North Korea testing a nuclear device saw Japan’s NIKKEI close down at: 19527 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index also close down at: 27740 Wall Street is closed Monday 4th September for Labor Day!   …

Beige book published on 6th September 2017. But what exactly is the Beige Book? Beige Book Facts It is called The ‘Beige Book’ because its cover is the colour beige. It is a report published by the US Federal Reserve eight times a year. The report is published in advance …

US non-farm payroll data update The US economy created fewer jobs than expected in August adding 156,000 (180,000 expected) still a good number though. However, the previous months figures were later revised down. The US unemployment rate has held at or close to 4.4% since April this year. Has US …

FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week on: 07/09/17 Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (SLA) Shire PLC (SHP) Antofagasta PLC (ANTO) Admiral Group PLC (ADM) RSA Insurance Group PLC (RSA) Conva Tec Group PLC (CTEC) BHP Billiton PLC (BLT) Glencore PLC (GLEN) CRH PLC (CRH) Land Securities Group (PLC)  

Good bye Yellow Pages. The business directory Yellow Pages will no longer be a ‘paper’ publication and is going fully digital from next year. After 51 years in print the familiar yellow book used by millions over the years will be no more. Sad in a way as yellow pages …

DOW Jones back close to 22000 levels – but for how long this time? The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday 1st September moved to just under 22000, but only just. It closed at: 21987 but with intra day highs above 22000. The NASDAQ closed at a record high of: …