An analyst rating is a valuation assigned to a share by a stock analyst. There are many investment banks and independent analysts that rate stocks according to their house style. These ratings are...
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What is Beta (β)?
Beta (β) is a measure of volatility or systemic risk. It is also called the beta coefficient. The β of an investment security such as a stock refers to a volatility measurement surrounding that...
Tencent-backed Chinese EdTech start up seeks overseas funding
Yuanfudao is a Chinese live tutoring app that's been going great guns during the pandemic. The homework tutoring app founded in 2012 has gradually risen to prominence. In October it became the...
VIDEO: Top Schroders fund manager Andy Brough on how to make money from equities (piworld)
In the video below, provided by piworld, Andy Brough, head of the UK & European small & mid cap team at Schroders provides an hour of tips and insights into how to make money from equities....
Video: Everything you’ve wanted to know about market making but have never been able to ask (piworld)
In the video below, provided by piworld, former Winterflood Securities’ market making director Spencer Crook provides a thorough insight into how his area of expertise works. Among other topics, he...
Did we really just see negative oil prices? What actually happened
Investors are seeing a lot of first-time-in-history, worst-on-record data points in this Covid induced economic lockdown. And we just saw another milestone, this time in crude oil. Headlines...
The Shifting Shares View: Eight rules for trading through the coronavirus pandemic
The market is incredibly active right now, and many traders are trying to profit. However, with such volatility on offer. the potential for blowing an account has never been higher. With this is...
The Shifting Shares View: This Time It Is Different
This time it is different. This is a phrase usually used by an exuberant bull that wants to justify why he or she is right. But this time – it actually is different. You are not allowed to go to a...
Back to basics: The ValueTheMarkets guide to the creation and production of petroleum
London’s junior markets remain flooded by companies looking to find the next significant oil or gas resource. But how do they find that oil and get it out of the ground, and, crucially, how did it...