New research by two American experts has demolished the key belief of efficient market theory, which several generations of students were taught as the foundation of their investment skills, that high reward is the consequence of accepting greater risk. Their study of...
Former Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram has admitted that his protégé Laura Weightman must put her Olympic aspirations to one side as she prepares for the Aviva 2012 Trials on 23-24 June. Cram has been the mastermind behind Weightman’s recent form, which has seen...
Much of that Debt Could Simply Vanish Instead of selling its huge holdings of UK government bonds bought to finance fiscal deficits, which would push up interest rates and hamper economic recovery, the Bank of England could just “retire the debt” (cancel the bonds and...
China seems to be accumulating most of its additional foreign trade surpluses in euros, rather than dollars. But there could be more behind this policy than asset diversification, or support for Europe’s struggling economy – which takes 18 per cent of China’s exports,...
The Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships has crossed the milestone of 1,000 hours of expected television coverage, with 38 television channels from across Europe and outside the continent expressing intentions to televise the year’s biggest athletics event...
