Mark Deans, Moneycorp

Daily brief: Moneycorp

Mark Deans, Dealing Manager at Moneycorp

Investors search for the zeitgeist of 2012

3 January 2012
Good morning and happy new year. The Daily Mail kicks off 2012 with a careless and eccentric rant at the City: "What recession? While families see income squeezed,

Swiss franc higher after SNB decision

16 December 2011
Today is apparently the favoured day for the office party, that once-a-year chance for Sunday drinkers to embarrass themselves.

Euro keeps pace with pound

15 December 2011
In a speech yesterday, the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff said "I am clear that the single biggest strategic risk facing the UK today is economic rather than military."

14 December 2011
James Murdoch claims not to have known about the phone hacking, despite having replied to at least one email on the subject. Apparently he had not read the message before sending his reply.

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13 December 2011
The Higgs boson is a massive particle predicted in 1964 by the Standard Model of particle physics. It is argued to be necessary for the formation of matter.

Continent isolated by Cameron veto

12 December 2011
Depending on their attachment to the competitors in the popular karaoke TV show X Factor, many Brits will have been delighted or disappointed at yesterday's result.

EU leaders agree imaginary treaty

9 December 2011
The 28th British Social Attitudes survey was conducted between June and September 2010 and published this Wednesday.

ECB rate cut likely today

8 December 2011
Images taken a week ago by the Heliospheric Imager-1 space telescope show a big solar flare. As the flare passes Mercury it appears to reveal a planet-sized object.

France and Germany to underwrite Italy

7 December 2011
Parliament's crossbench Treasury Committee was as ready as ever yesterday to sink its teeth into another hapless civil servant.

Euroland on notice for credit downgrade

6 December 2011
The Turner Prize is awarded annually to the work of art most likely to generate controversy and derision. Past winners have included an unmade bed, a dead fish, a pile of bricks and a cheese sandwich.

Dollar higher on employment report

5 December 2011
"Ever wondered what monetary policy is?" That is how the European Central Bank (ECB) introduces €conomia. The policy simulation game is an interesting demonstration of how difficult it is to control inflation with interest rates alone.

Merkozy push for budget reform

2 December 2011
They really started something in Athens when Lucas Papademos and his unelected government took power last month. In these straitened times the idea of saving money on the election process has undeniable appeal to the EU and its client states.