Prices and Markets

If your business is selling B2B, you might be forgiven for overlooking Amazon. But it isn’t just B2C (business to consumer). It’s in fact one of the fastest growing platforms for B2B sales in the world.

Those still thinking Bitcoin is a fad have frankly exposed themselves as woefully under-informed. But is it too late to invest in Bitcoin now?

The cryptocurrency could reach new heights on the back of a Deutsche Bank report and moves by Tesla.

Stocks in 2021

A spike in Covid-19 infections prompted both UK businesses and households to pay down debt and hoard cash.

USDT also allows arbitrage activity to help in evening the stablecoin's prices between cryptocurrency exchanges.

The pandemic presents Sareum with an unexpected opportunity to test its lead TYK2 inhibitor, SDC-1801, in COVID-19. Such a move would require external funding, but this could accelerate clinical development timelines and catalyse a substantial increase in value for the company. Meanwhile, the recent £1m fundraising allows Sareum to advance SDC-1801 towards trials for mainstream autoimmune conditions... Read more Sareum intends to make grant applications to explore the activity of SDC-1801 in COVID-19, where the aim would be to reduce...

Investors in search of income have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Bond yields and interest rates have tumbled, and dividend cuts have proliferated. By contrast, the companies in Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust’s (EGL’s) portfolio have proved relatively resilient. In addition, when paying its dividend, EGL is able to use its distributable reserves to top up any shortfall in revenue that might occur... Read more The defensive attractions of the sector have been recognised and, as investors...

The managers of CQS Natural Resources Growth Income Trust (CYN) say that the covid-19 pandemic has delayed, rather than ended, the recovery they were seeing in the mining sector. After sharp falls in March, share prices have recouped some of their losses, but the managers believe there is much more to go for... Read more China and the rest of Asia is tentatively emerging from lockdown. While a ‘V’-shaped recovery for the economy looks unlikely, the market is looking through...