Japan GDP Improves Japan’s economy grew 2.5% – this was above analysts expectations – up 4% year on year. Japan is the third largest economy in the world. The economy has been struggling for decades so this continuing improvement will be welcome news.

Mining for Lithium in Cornwall? In a previous post I mentioned I was looking for investment opportunities related to companies involved with the electric car – especially with it about to go mainstream. Glencore was one such company I was reviewing when I came across this little known start-up, Cornish …

Telit Communications PLC (TCM) ‘popped’ on to my radar screen this morning after noticing its share price jump 13%. This is a share price rebound after falling previously due to the resignation of its boss. Telit is a Internet of Things (IoT) innovative company counting Tesla as one of its …

Standard Life Aberdeen I noticed on the Standard Life website this morning a statement saying that, ‘the merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management has formally completed’. This is of interest to me as I have investments with Standard Life. The newly formed enterprise can be located here: Standardlifeaberdeen.com

Gold gives Gold gives up some of its recent gains as it falls back from its two month high. Its not unusual for gold demand to be higher during uncertain periods such as geopolitical tensions. Gold is perceived as a ‘safe haven’ during periods of uncertainty. As stability returns – …

Asian markets head back up Despite disappointing economic data from China and continuing tensions between North Korea and the US . Asian markets chugged higher on Monday breaking a three day losing streak.

European markets regain ground Tensions between North Korea and the US unsettled markets last week. This morning European indices have recovered somewhat. The FTSE 100 rebounded by 50 points touching 7350 and the DAX 30 was up by 130 points raising it above the 12000 mark it fell below last …

FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week on Thursday 17th August 2017… FTSE 100 Companies EX Dividend this week Pearson PLC (PSON) Merlin Entertainments PLC (MERL) Ashtead Group PLC (AHT) Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (RB.) British American Tobacco PLC (BATS Legal & General PLC (LGEN) Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) …

FTSE 100 closes down The FTSE 100 closes down today (11/08/17) at: 7309 as tensions between the US and North Korea continued. Mining companies: Rio Tinto PLC, Anglo American PLC, BHP Billiton PLC & Glencore PLC were all down today. The FTSE 100 top performer today was: Smurfit Kappa Group …

Snap shares fall Snap Inc. share price is under pressure again on Thursday (10/08/17) after quarterly figures showed losses. The share price dropped by 14%. Facebook offer similar features and this is placing some pressure on Snap Inc. Snap Inc. shares were priced at $17.00 for its IPO – they …