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Autocallable ETFs: How 14% Yield, Barriers and Structured Notes Really Work
Why autocallable ETFs are suddenly in the news Europe has its first autocallable UCITS ETF, and the headline number is hard to miss: a coupon currently around 14% a year. That 14% figure is a current weighted-average coupon figure, not a permanent promised rate. For investors used to plain equity trackers, bond funds and familiar…
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Bond Markets Explained: Yields, Curves, Credit Risk, Duration and Convexity
Why bonds are back in the spotlight For long stretches, bond markets sit in the background. They are not as easy to follow as stocks, and they rarely produce the same clean story as a share price going up or down. But when bonds move sharply, the effects spread everywhere: mortgages, pensions, company borrowing costs,…
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Gold, Stocks, or Property? The 20 & 25-Year Showdown for Investment Supremacy
Investors often passionately align themselves into distinct camps: the gold bugs who swear by precious metals, stock market enthusiasts who rely on dividends and capital growth, and those convinced that property is the ultimate safe haven. But who’s truly been right over the last 25 years? While equity investors point to dividends and yields when…
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Bollinger Bands Strategy: Formula, Signals, Python & Excel
Learn how Bollinger Bands work, including the formula, signals, squeeze patterns, Python code, Excel setup and trading strategy examples.
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Candlestick Pattern Scanner in Python: Code & Examples
Build a candlestick pattern scanner in Python to detect one-bar, two-bar and three-bar candlestick formations and plot them on a chart.
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Fundamental vs Technical Analysis use in Trading
Explore the distinctive methods of Fundamental vs Technical Analysis in trading. Understand their unique approaches, applications, and how macro-economic fundamental analysis impacts traders’ decisions.
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CFD Trading History: Origins, Evolution and Modern Markets
Explore the history of CFD trading, from early contracts for difference in 1500s Antwerp to London’s 1990s revival and modern retail CFD markets.
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Liability Driven Investment Explained: LDI, Gilt Yields and Pension Margin Calls
Updated August 2026: This guide has been refreshed after the post-2022 LDI reforms, the January 2025 and March 2026 gilt-market tests, and the latest available evidence on pension scheme funding, leverage and collateral buffers. LDI Is a Pension Hedge That Can Become a Gilt-Market Flow Liability Driven Investment, usually shortened to LDI, sits in the…
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UK Inflation Climbs to 3.2% in October: Energy Costs Spark a Reversal
Housing costs particularly gas and electricity prices lead the rise while recreation and culture prices drop. Table 1: CPIH, OOH component and CPI index values, and annual and monthly rates, UK, October 2023 to October 2024 The UK’s Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose sharply to 3.2% in the 12 months…
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UK Inflation Dips to 2.6% in September: A Temporary Relief Driven by Falling Oil Prices
The UK’s Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 2.6% in the 12 months to September 2024, down from 3.1% in August. While this decrease might seem like a positive development, a deeper dive reveals that the primary driver behind this dip is a significant fall in oil prices—a factor that…
