A disaster waiting to happen A privacy nightmare is how campaigners labelled Amazon’s new initiative allowing people to ask Alexa for medical advice from the UK National Health Service. It’s a ‘data protection disaster waiting to happen.’ Patients apparently can now receive NHS approved answers to basic medical enquiries suchRead More →
It’s a fact – most of us waste far too much! In the UK the average family throws away 22% of their weekly shop, which is worth £800 per year. In the U.S., the per-family equivalent is worth a staggering $2,275 each year! (Info’ from olioex.com). Food waste statistics 1.Read More →
U.S. stock markets have increased on the back of heavy investor interest rate cut speculation. Investors are betting on an interest rate cut. This will most probably happen, but the question now is, by how much? The Federal Reserve Bank The Fed disappointed the stock markets in December 2018, andRead More →
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency criticised at Senate hearing Facebook’s new cryptocurrency plan has come under attack at a U.S. Senate hearing. Politicians are calling the company ‘delusional’ and untrustworthy. The Senate officials had been grilling Facebook executive David Marcus over the tech giant’s intention to launch its own digital currency. FacebookRead More →
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It’s a mad mad market when good news is bad and bad news is good If we are to believe that the global economy is weakening and slowing down, then why have stock markets rallied so dramatically this year, especially in the United States? We have a mad situation where,Read More →
Headwinds brewing? Trade concerns and an uncertain economic outlook make a Fed July interest rate cut highly probable after Fed chair, Jerome Powell addressed his concerns to U.S. congress. Comments made by the Fed suggests that growth in the second quarter appears to have moderated, business investment appears to haveRead More →
Investors continue to fret over the possibility of a U.S. interest rate cut The main US indexes are down over the last three days as investors continue to fret over the probability of an interest rate cut in July, as an element of doubt was introduced by better than expectedRead More →
UK economic uncertainty Consumer spending in June was at its weakest since the mid-1990s, adding further evidence that the British economy is shrinking. According to survey data released today by BRC. Consumers are no longer propping up the economy. Lower consumer confidence. Weak second quarter GDP figures expected. Continued BrexitRead More →
The U.S. earnings season is almost upon us and this data will likely move markets more so than usual My dilemma is what the Fed will do regarding interest rates in either of these ‘what if scenario’s…‘ And the dilemma is… First – What if we see weaker than expectedRead More →