Gold gains as a safe haven Gold is often considered a safe haven for investors during periods of uncertainty and with the continuing tension between the US and North Korea, now is no exception. Gold reached $1291 earlier (11/08/17) but has since fallen back.

Asia markets fall as US & North Korea tensions escalate Asian stocks also came under downward selling pressure. Due to the ongoing tensions between North Korea and US  – global stock markets continue to slide. Investors were moving to safer investment havens such as gold.

DOW Jones below 22000 Escalating tensions between the US and North Korea have pushed the DOW Jones Industrial Average below 22000 for the first time in August as investors become concerned. Other indices are under pressure including the FTSE 100 and DAX 30

Cineworld 4DX movie Tech This is brilliant and it’ll be coming to a cinema near you soon…hopefully. A totally immersive and fully interactive movie experience! Think theme parks and of those wonderful and thoroughly interactive, immersive theatre experiences you enjoyed on holiday. You know, that short movie you queued for …

UK Economic growth slows UK Economic growth slows as latest data suggests UK economic growth appears to remain sluggish. With the backdrop of a weaker pound and improving global growth its somewhat surprising exporters aren’t doing better than this data suggests. The service sector also appears to have slowed. Consumer …

Glencore Electric Thinking! Glencore PLC (GLEN) – reported half-year earnings climbing 68% today (see report here) and their comments about their future and the future of electric vehicles and energy storage attracted my attention. The company plans to benefit from the large scale roll out of electric vehicles and energy …

Cineworld – just the ticket Cineworld Group PLC (CINE) a FTSE 250 listed company reported today half-year figures with revenues up 17.8% Movies such as: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ helped grow their box office revenue. Share price was: 722.75 at 13:20 on 10/07/18 up …

Tokyo Stock Exchange Closed for the Day Just a reminder that Japan has a holiday on 11th August 2017 – mountain day. Apparently this is a new holiday introduced in 2016 to celebrate Japan’s many mountainous regions. Anyway, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will be closed for the day.

FTSE 100 pulls back The FTSE 100 index continued to fall today (10/08/17) after falling back yesterday to: 7498 amid increasing geopolitical tension between the US and North Korea after both sides sharpened their worrying rhetoric and after Donald Trump’s concerning and frankly upsetting ‘fire and fury’ statement made to …

BREXIT Millions I don’t know if you recall during the UK 2016 EU referendum – the leave campaign travelled the UK in a red bus with the slogan plastered down the side stating, ‘We send the EU £350 million a week – Let’s fund the NHS instead – Vote Leave’. …