Monetary policy is “the use of changes in the monetary base in an economy achieving price stability or low inflation, assisting employment and growth”. We investigate how Monetary Policy can be used by a Central Bank to achieve it’s policy goals.
Stress Testing: Assessing Banking Resilience
Stress testing is an attempt to mimic certain market movements which follow a path to their worst outcome (rather than just changing a number of factors, and seeing the immediate theoretical change).
How to Minimise the Cost of Your Mortgage
With fewer people than ever purchasing their own homes, we look into the facts of home ownership, Government help to buy schemes, and the different factors to consider when taking out a mortgage.
Footballers’ Wages: Justified?
We explore the reasons driving the high salaries earned by modern footballers, and whether they offer ‘value for money’. We also discuss if the application of an additional tax to this salary should be justified.
Dark Pools: Murky Trading Platforms?
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States (the main securities market regulator) is in the process of stepping up the regulations surrounding the operations of “dark pools”. What are dark pools, and why are they the next target?
Market in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II / MiFIR)
The MiFID II directive actually comprises of two parts; the MiFID II Level 1, and the “Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) containing over 100 requirements which must be adhered to by the implementation date of 3rd of January 2017.
Eight Important Steps to Build Your Website
Many people are setting up their own website each day; for many, different reasons. We look at the steps to take to build your own website.
You Want to Start Blogging? Steps to Create a WordPress Blog with Bluehost (2020)
You want to start making money online from a blog but don’t know where to start? This guide shows you how to set up your own self-hosted Wordpress blog with Bluehost!
The Last Minute ISA Guide 2023/24
The ISA deadline is fast approaching, and gives investors until midnight on the 5th April 2024, the opportunity to save the maximum amount allowed for the 2023 to 2024 tax year.
What happened with GameStop (GME)?
A war was waged on the Hedge Fund Managers and other wealthy investors that had shorted the GameStop stock (a video game retailer) by an army of Redditors mobilised within the WallStreetBets subreddit.