Month: February 2018

Lloyds announces Full year results 21 Feb 2018 (today). Initial recap of metrics Firstly, looking at historic metrics, one sees that the group is coming of a historically high PE as pre-Tax recovers. The key fundamentals are posted below.   […]

Comparing SEMB to SEML Introduction The SMEL pays more and has a lower duration than SEML. However, is it less diversified and contains local curreny risk.   iShares J.P. Morgan $ EM Bond UCITS ETF –  The Fund seeks to […]

Recent inflation data The rate of inflation across the UK stood at 3 percent in January 2018, unchanged from the previous month and above market expectations of 2.9 percent. Prices of recreation and culture rose further while cost of food […]

Which index will perform over the next year ? IDVY – European based index composed of 30 stocks with leading dividend yields selected from companies in Eurozone countries. Slightly higher ongoing charges (0.40%) compared to the base European index (core […]

Economic factors for UK house prices based on data entering Q1 of 2018. The risk of a retrenchment of property prices of up to 15% has increased over the past decade. Starting with the basic metrics of UK property. This […]

Abstract A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost […]