Key financial events

Stay up to date with the latest events within the financial industry. These events range from central bank meetings and significant elections, to industry developments and social changes, and can all impact the markets in significant ways that you don’t want to miss.

Investing for the Future: Retirement Edition
Investing for the Future: Retirement Edition

Table of Contents How Much Will Retirement Cost?  The Research  Methodology  The Takeaway In terms of finances, Generation Z is no stranger to investing. According to information from t

Investing In The Stock Market: The Top Stock Market Indices
Investing In The Stock Market: The Top Stock Market Indices

Investing in the stock market can be one of the ways to achieve your financial goals. However, before you start your journey, you should know some things about stock markets. For example, you should l

Electric Vehicle Industry: The Future is Here
Electric Vehicle Industry: The Future is Here

One of the main goals of the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry is the protection of the environment. Decades of using various types of fuel have hurt the environment, playing a critical role in what is c

Investing in Artificial Intelligence Stocks? What to Know About AI
Investing in Artificial Intelligence Stocks? What to Know About AI

Some market experts suggest that investing in Artificial Intelligence stocks has received a boost since ChatGPT became the “talk of the town”. Of course, artificial intelligence is not a new concept a

Is the Defense Industry on the Rise? What to Know
Is the Defense Industry on the Rise? What to Know

Some economists suggest that the global defense industry has been on the rise in the last year due to the clash in Ukraine and the turbulent geopolitical environment worldwide.  After years of low sp

Top Fintech Trends in 2023
Top Fintech Trends in 2023

Technology has changed the way we live.  From being able to communicate with people on the other side of the world to building an investment portfolio using our cell phones, we have witnessed a techn

Generational Attitudes to Finance
Generational Attitudes to Finance

With financial uncertainty looming over many people across the UK, we thought it would be interesting to have a look at which attitudes to finance across different generations. Not only is it interest

UK Household Energy Costs Could Jump by £4,000 from 2021 to 2023
UK Household Energy Costs Could Jump by £4,000 from 2021 to 2023

Ofgem announced that the energy price cap will increase again in January 2023. The energy crisis has already caused many households lots of stress. Now is the time to be aware of further increases s

Why Should I Invest?
Why Should I Invest?

Investing can be an effective way of growing wealth over the long-term, however, unlike holding money as cash, investments carry the risk of falling in value as well as rising. So, given the inherent

What Is ESG Investing? Learn More About ESG Investing
What Is ESG Investing? Learn More About ESG Investing

ESG investing has grown in popularity since 2006 and hit another major boom in 2020 due to the pandemic. But there is still some confusion about what exactly defines ESG and ESG investing. ESG is a m

What is the OECD?
What is the OECD?

The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sets policy standards with the intention of upgrading the social and economic well-being of its member countries.    Ta

What Is Fiscal Policy? How Does Fiscal Policy Affect the Economy?
What Is Fiscal Policy? How Does Fiscal Policy Affect the Economy?

There are many terms in the world of economics, and you may not be familiar with all of them. Fiscal policy may be one of these terms, and you may think it seems important to know.  Fiscal policy is

How Will OPEC+ Cuts Affect Financial Markets?
How Will OPEC+ Cuts Affect Financial Markets?

If you’ve been keeping up with the latest reports from news sources, you likely know that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and a group of non-OPEC countries (collectively k

What are Savings Bonds? Savings Bonds Explained
What are Savings Bonds? Savings Bonds Explained

Savings bonds are considered a low-risk investment, which could be viable for those looking at more conservative investment options (although all investments involve a degree of risk). There are usua

UK Homeowners Could Spend £50k on Energy Over Next 25 Years
UK Homeowners Could Spend £50k on Energy Over Next 25 Years

In recent weeks, a lot of news stories have been dedicated to the rising cost of energy bills in the UK. But how much will the average British homeowner be affected? In this article, we analyse the

The weekly grocery shop could cost nearly £190 in parts of the UK by 2030
The weekly grocery shop could cost nearly £190 in parts of the UK by 2030

If you believed that rising inflation was coming to an end, you would be wrong. Inflation in the 12 months leading up to September 2022 was reported at 10.1%. The Bank of England (BoE) expects this fi

What Causes Inflation?
What Causes Inflation?

Undoubtedly, one of the key words so far in 2022 which has regularly occupied headlines has been “inflation”. To that extent, many of us are now more than familiar with what the word means, but what a

What Is the FTSE 100?
What Is the FTSE 100?

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, more commonly known as the FTSE 100, is a stock index composed of 100 companies which are listed on the UK’s London Stock Exchange (LSE). In this article,

How to Prepare for a Recession
How to Prepare for a Recession

The year is 2023 and the UK is forecast to enter recession for the second time in three years, with economists anticipating it will fare worst amongst its G7 peers. The term recession is one which, u

Inflation Rates - Impact on the Economy and Markets
Inflation Rates - Impact on the Economy and Markets

An investor’s journey follows the main highway on any economy’s map - inflation rates.   Suppose we take you on a trip to all the economic destinations upon which inflation rates have an impact. You

What Are GDP Figures?
What Are GDP Figures?

Sooner or later, most traders and investors ask the question – what are GDP figures?  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures track national income and are arguably the most important macro-economic per