Deliveroo launches £7.6bn stock market listing on first day of trading

Deliveroo will today make its long-awaited stock market debut valued at £7.6billion – £1billion less than expected – after major investors were spooked because of concerns about how they treat staff. Founder Will Shu, 41, who was the company’s first rider and still does regular delivery shifts on his bike, is expected to make £500million from the … Read more

Jay-Z sets record as his autographed trading card goes for $105K in auction

Jay-Z sets record as his autographed trading card goes for $105K in auction … as highest-selling non-sports card By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 05:46 GMT, 22 March 2021 | Updated: 05:46 GMT, 22 March 2021 A trading card autographed by Jay-Z sold for a record $105,780, establishing a new record for a non-sports card, according to … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown cashes in on  Gamestop trading frenzy

Hargreaves Lansdown cashes in on Gamestop trading frenzy as novice investors flock to its platform By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 17 March 2021 Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown is cashing in on the recent Gamestop trading frenzy in the US. The company said it … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown enjoys ‘elevated’ trading levels

Hargreaves Lansdown enjoys ‘elevated’ trading levels as British investors target US stocks after the Gamestop frenzy Interest from existing customers looking to US stocks is high, Hargreaves said  Investing platforms have seen a surge in customers over the past year  By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 12:40 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 12:40 GMT, … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Trading change a shift in Britain’s favour

HAMISH MCRAE: Next great change in globalisation will be from trading goods to trading services – it is a seismic shift in Britain’s favour By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 The next great change in globalisation will be from trading goods … Read more

Behavioural investing traps to avoid when share picking and trading

The ruckus over GameStop offered some new lessons for investors, including the phenomenon of an ‘angry’ bubble rather than one motivated by simple greed. The rise of free trading apps and the role of social media communities were also critical to understanding the staggering rise and fall in the share price of an obscure games … Read more

Shares in Pratt and Whitney’s parent company plunge in pre-market trading

The company behind engine-maker Pratt & Whitney saw its share price slump in pre-market trading today after one of the firm’s engines exploded and rained down debris over Denver while another suffered a similar failure in the Netherlands.  Shares in Raytheon, the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, had suffered a 2.77 per cent drop … Read more

Cheapest and easiest ways to buy shares: Isa platforms and free trading apps compared

When it comes to investing, it can be almost as difficult to sort out the ‘how’ as the ‘what’. Selecting shares is tricky but choosing the online platform or app to buy them through can also be bewildering – and less exciting.  There are a host of different options, with very different fee structures. But having … Read more

London Stock Exchange boss pledges to take the trading hub global

David Schwimmer jokes that in more normal times he has no trouble making dinner reservations at the best restaurants. For the affable and self-deprecating chief executive of the venerable 300-year-old London Stock Exchange, sharing a name with one of the stars of the comedy show Friends is just curious happenstance. Much of the time when … Read more

Reddit trading frenzy sends silver to its highest level since 2013

Anarchist investors fuel a silver rush: Reddit trading frenzy engulfs precious metal sending prices to their highest level since 2013 By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 The price of silver soared after it caught the attention of traders swapping ideas on … Read more