For some years it has been common for experienced investors to ‘gear’ or ‘leverage’ their investments by borrowing money from a lender, normally a bank, using the existing investment as security. The borrowed funds can then be invested in turn to make an additional return on the original investment. Foundations Capital conceived of [...]
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Instant market insight
Reporting on financial markets has changed little over recent decades. The rumour mill may have moved from the dining rooms of the City’s finest eateries to the mobile and blackberry, but ultimately the efforts of the markets reporter still result in a daily digest of what’s moving in the marketplace. Despite the improvements [...]
The Business of Risk
This week, the Japanese stock market suffered a serious blow when a trader accidentally sold 610,000 shares in J-Com, a recruitment company, for 1 yen (half a penny) each. The scale of this error becomes apparent when you realise that the broker concerned had intended to sell only one share, for 610,000 yen (£2,893).
Oops [...]