Some good news for Investors and Traders everywhere today: One of the world’s largest, and certainly one of the UK’s most popular stock brokers TD Waterhouse have cut their commission rates on all trades Holders of a TD Waterhouse account can now buy and sell shares an pay a flat fee of just £9.95... 

We’re well and truly rolling in the fifth series of Dragons Den, and yet it continues to amaze me just how many people go on the program without it would appear having ever seen the show before, and end up making the same old mistakes and ending up being laughed off. The “magic million”... 

Dragons Den First of all, apologies for the lateness of this DD update. After spending all of last week in London Town for the A4uexpo, I didn’t get a chance to see episode two of the Den until last night. I knew it would be a good one, as the first thing everyone said when I met them throughout... 

Dragons Den So finally, the Den is back, after what seems like an eternity, stoked by the excitement of meeting a former Den participant Rob Law, of Trunki fame over the summer. It really shows that I don’t watch too much of the crap that the BBC churn out these days, as I haven’t seen... 

One of the first questions that people have been asking on forums and messageboards all over the Internet this past weekend is “Should I buy shares in Northern Rock?” After it emerged that the bank had sought emergency funding from the Bank of England last week, its customers feared for... 

“It’s the end of the world as we know it” – A great song by REM, and a motto that seems to have been adopted by a plethora of financial journalists and so-called “experts” over the recent jitters in the global economy. Yes, it appears that the same publications that... 

uk stock market almanac There’s a little book that I keep with me at all times – It’s always open to a relevant page on my desk, provides hope and guidance, shows me the way forward, and educates me in times of need. Nope, it’s not the Bible, it’s much more useful than... 

IBG 12 month chart It came to my attention that the price of Internet Business Group plc’s (IBG.L, parent company of Affiliate Future and proud owners of my old site Net Free Stuff) shares took a bit of a tumble recently due to a profit warning. Personally, I don’t currently hold any... 

Here’s a quick glance at the movement column of my shares portfolio today: As you can see, there’s a lot of red in the movement column (indicating a loss, grey= no movement, and green = a gain) – The only green in fact is in my watch list, so not actually a share I own! Whilst it...