USD/JPY keeps erasing intervention losses as macro backdrop remains skewed to the upside
FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW USD: The US dollar extended the gains across the board as markets are starting to grow impatient amid the prolonged US-Iran stalemate and Strait of Hormuz closure. Treasury yields came into the spotlight on Friday as they broke March highs on increasing inflation worries and potentially hawkish Fed. For context, the Fed is […]
Memorial Day Weekend Must-Haves for Beach, Pool, BBQ
MEMORIAL DAY Holiday Weekend Essentials 🏝️ Published May 19, 2026 12:05 AM PDT TMZ may collect a share of sales or other compensation from links on this page. Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer … so give it the welcome it deserves. Whether you’re hitting the beach, hanging poolside or firing up […]
Here’s how this 35p penny stock became the fifth-largest social media business in the UK — and it’s just getting started
Image source: Getty Images It’s not often a penny stock company can claim the kind of following LBG Media (LSE: LBG) enjoys. With a global reach of over 1bn and 22.7bn all-time video engagements, it’s the fifth-largest social and digital business in the UK by reach (as of April 2025). Some of our younger readers […]
What are the main events for today?
EUROPEAN SESSION In the American session, the main highlight was the UK jobs report. The data was mixed but leaning more on the weaker side. Overall, it doesn’t change anything for the BoE. We don’t have much for the rest of the session other than the Eurozone trade balance, which is not going to change […]
£1,000 invested in easyJet shares 5 years ago is now worth…
Image source: Getty Images easyJet (LSE:EZJ) shares have had a rough five years. An investor who put £1,000 into the budget airline back in May 2021 has seen the value of that investment fall by as much as 65.1%! Dividends have helped soften the blow. But even including those payments, the total loss still stands […]
Just 4% of fund managers see a hard landing – BofA survey
Record rise in equity allocations by global fund managers in May Just 4% of fund managers see hard landing 66% of respondents expect Hormuz bottleneck to end in next few months 62% of respondents target 6% on 30-year treasury yields, 20% target 4% 40% of respondents say second wave of inflation is biggest tail risk […]
Up 60.4% in 12 months, are Vodafone shares about to be the next Rolls-Royce?
Image source: Vodafone Group plc Vodafone (LSE:VOD) shares have had a remarkable 12 months. From a near-30-year low of 67.8p in May 2025, the FTSE 100 telecoms giant has surged to around 111p today – a gain of roughly 63.7% on price alone, or around 77% when including dividends. For a stock that spent the better part […]
UK labour market eases with dark clouds from Middle East conflict hanging over
ILO unemployment rate 5.0% vs 4.9% expected Prior 4.9% Employment change 148k vs 104k expected Prior 25k Average weekly earnings +4.1% vs +3.8% 3m/y expected Prior +3.8%; revised to +3.9% Average weekly earnings (ex bonus) +3.4% vs +3.4% 3m/y expected Prior +3.6% April payrolls change -100k Prior -11k; revised to -28k Those are a softer […]
The host immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis determining protection or disease progression
WHO. Global Tuberculosis Report (World Health Organization, 2025). Srivastava, S., Dey, S. & Mukhopadhyay, S. Vaccines against tuberculosis: where are we now? Vaccines 11, 1013 (2023). Furin, J., Cox, H. & Pai, M. Tuberculosis. Lancet 393, 1642–1656 (2019). Article PubMed Google Scholar Drain, P.K. et al. Incipient and subclinical tuberculosis: a clinical review of early […]
Prediction: 12 months from now, £5,000 invested in Tesco shares could be worth…
Tesco (LSE:TSCO) shares have quietly delivered a pretty rock-solid performance over the past year. The FTSE 100 retailer is up 20.9% looking at the share price gain. And that number jumps to 24.9% including dividends. In terms of money, that means that £5,000 invested in Tesco 12 months ago is now worth up to £6,245 today. Not bad for a […]
