Author: Lucas

For those of us old enough to remember, as 2025 reached autumn, it began to feel like a déjà vu moment.Suddenly, the value, the price of silver, began to climb unexpectedly.A year before, in 2024, the market price was around £12–£15 per troy ounce, which had been steady for some time.Was somebody trying to corner the market, causing an upsurge in demand?Have we been here once before?Suddenly, I was informed that many dealers in silver had become mobile with their scales and were buying silver wherever possible.Was it to be another ‘Bunker Hunt’ moment?For a fiasco like that, how do…

DOMS Industries Ltd on January 30 reported an 18.2% year-on-year growth in revenue from operations at ₹592.2 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2025, compared with ₹501.1 crore in the same period last year.The company’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation (EBITDA) for Q3’FY26 stood at ₹103.4 crore, up 17.7% from ₹87.9 crore a year earlier. EBITDA margin remained flat at 17.5%. Profit after tax rose 13.1% year-on-year to ₹61.4 crore from ₹54.3 crore in Q3’FY25. For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2025, DOMS reported revenue from operations of ₹1,722.4 crore, an increase of 22.7% compared…

1. What is intraday trading in India?Intraday trading means buying and selling stocks on the same day to earn profit from small price changes.2. Why are Hindustan Copper, Axis Bank, and NMDC suitable for intraday trading?These stocks have high volume and vigorous market activity, which helps in quick entry and exit.3. Which sector stocks are best for intraday trading in 2026?Stocks in the metal, banking, and infrastructure sectors are expected to remain active and volatile.4. Is intraday trading risky?Yes, intraday trading carries risk because prices change quickly, and losses can occur without proper planning.5. What should be checked before doing…

Image source: Getty Images It’s fair to say that the usually-pedestrian FTSE 100 has performed brilliantly over the last 12 months. A gain of 18% or so easily outperforms the tech-driven S&P 500. Despite this, not every company that features in the index is having such a great time. Shares in London Stock Exchange Group (LSE: LSEG) have been in appalling form lately. Anyone investing £10,000 at the end of January 2025 will have seen their stake in the financial data, analytics, and risk management solutions provider shrink in value to about £6,800. Sure, holders will have received dividends during…

Would you live in an abandoned police station, a deserted hospital or a disused office building? What if it saved you hundreds of pounds a month?You may not have heard of property guardianship but it’s a route a growing number of Britons, faced with exorbitant rents, are taking. And it could play a role in solving the country’s housing crisis. Of the 754,000 properties standing empty across the UK, around half could be used to house people, one management firm told Money.Clearly, it’s not an option that suits everyone. Children are banned, you could be told to leave every 28…

Some 45 years ago, I worked for Oil Buyers’ Guide, a Lakewood-based publication that extensively covered world oil markets. Each summer, the company would invite scores of oil executives to come aboard the Miss Belmar vessel and cast lines for bluefish some 20 miles off the coast of Monmouth County. The fishing was fruitful and festive and there was always a contingent of employees from the various Venezuelan oil subsidiaries. I distinctly remember rubbing bait-stained elbows with employees from Corpoven, Petroven, Maraven, and Unoven, many of whom lacked the “sea legs” taken for granted by the Miss Belmar crew. The…

Bill Browder’s fight against Vladimir Putin has seen him face threats, lawsuits, false accusations of murder and Interpol arrest warrants. A disinformation-laden film was even made about him.But 16 years after the death of his friend and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky at the hands of Putin’s regime, Browder is unrelenting in his fight for justice. It is an endeavour that, by his estimation, has cost Putin and his cronies billions of dollars already, via asset freezes and sanctions. Hence the considerable risk to his safety.Browder has the restless intensity of a man who made his millions in post-Soviet Russia as the…

Nationwide is offering an “attractive” 6.5% interest rate on a savings account. The lender’s Flex Regular Saver account allows savers to put aside up to £200 per month for a year before the balance gets moved to an instant access savings account.Caitlyn Eastell, Personal Finance Analyst at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk, told the Daily Express that January is the ideal time for savers to set new financial goals. She added: “Regular savers can be a great first step towards maintaining a healthy savings habit. These accounts typically pay more generous returns than typical savings options, which allows for savers’ hard-earned cash to grow…

Gold prices surged past $5,500 per ounce for the first time on Thursday, well above previous peaks, as investors flocked to safe-haven assets. However, by the end of Friday’s session, the metal had retreated sharply to around $5,068 per ounce. Source link

A human rights group has warned New York state and local officials that investment of public funds in bonds issued by Israel violates both international law and fiduciary duties and may expose officials and beneficiaries alike to “substantial legal, ethical and financial risks”.The warning, from the human rights group Dawn, was sent on Friday along with a 26-page memo to the New York governor, Kathy Hochul; the state’s attorney general, Letitia James; New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani; and the state and city comptrollers, Tom DiNapoli and Mark Levine, respectively. It calls on them to immediately cease new purchases and…