by Guy | Mar 16, 2023 | Banking, Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Investing, Leadership, Risk, Valuation
One of the dominant news items of the past week or so was the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse. It caused a level of panic around the world, understandable as it’s a high profile bank which was focused on providing finance to the tech and venture capital sectors, and the...
by Guy | Dec 17, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Europe, Investing, Recession
There’s been an enormous amount of ink used on the ‘veto’ that David Cameron used in Europe last week, with warnings of dire consequences if the UK doesn’t help to support the Euro. Frankly, I don’t understand this as the Euro has been...
by Guy | May 11, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Recession, Upturn
With the Bank of England having revised the growth rate down to 2.7% this year (from a previous forecast of 2.9%) and inflation rate up to peak at 5% in the fourth quarter (previously 4.5%), expectations are again growing for an interest rate rise in the near-term. Of...
by Guy | Jan 10, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Investing, Recession, Social Media
A group of hedge-fund managers are launching a multi-million dollar hedge fund next month, using Twitter as its market indicator to determine sentiment and to thereby make investment decisions. This information came from a recent article on CNBC / Yahoo Finance which...
by Guy | May 27, 2010 | Banking, Business - General, Customer Service, Economy, Marketing, Technology
Image via CrunchBase It’s interesting to see the number of recently introduced products coming to market which are designed to, in effect, remove the need for cash. One that has garnered particular attention recently is, of course, Square. This comprises a small...
by Guy | May 2, 2010 | Advertising, Airlines, Banking, Business - General, Customer Service, Lifetime Value, Recession, Social Media, Strategy
Image via Wikipedia 2010 certainly seems to be going down as the year when the proverbial corporate skeletons are coming out of the cupboard: Toyota – which had built its brand on reliable, safe vehicles – recalls many millions of cars all around the world in an...
