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Winner of the 2022/23 Undergraduate Essay Competition: Sonia Lee
Sonia Lee discusses the economic and geopolitical implications of the recent US-imposed tariffs on semiconductors in China
Sonia Lee
Feb 11, 20235 min read
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Uncertainty; Spreads Like Wildfire
An investigation into the relationship between uncertainty and credit spreads
Bailey Rawden
Jan 2, 20238 min read
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Memecoins: A harmless joke or something far more sinister?
On 6th December 2013, Dogecoin was launched as a proof of work cryptocurrency, based upon the existing protocols of Litecoin and...
Samuel Buchan
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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Stealing from the Poor to Endow the Rich: The Robinhood Irony
On March 23, 2016, Robinhood, a little-known brokerage app at the time, tweeted “Let the people trade.” By 2018, the app was on the...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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Insider Trading: Do the banks really care?
Jonathan is a 2nd year Finance/Econometrics PhD student at Durham University Business School, has an MBA in Finance from Durham and a PhD...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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How Can the Financial Services Industry Benefit from the Internet of Things?
Firstly, one must define the Internet of things (IoT). Put simply, it is the network of physical objects which are embedded with...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20216 min read
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Will April Showers Bring May Flowers For Oil Importers?
Following years of rapid fluctuations, crude oil prices finally peaked at a staggering $136.55 per barrel in 2008. However, the recession...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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The Perils of Plunging Oil Prices
With the lifting of sanctions on Iran’s oil production, Greece’s largest oil refinery has agreed to be the first European buyer of...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20212 min read
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$49 Per Barrel - The Winners and Losers
Global oil prices have plummeted, halving in only seven months. Given that Brent Crude was $49 per barrel on the 23rd January, it is hard...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20213 min read
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The Capital Markets Rebound
Verizon’s record-breaking bond is the latest in a trend of issues increasing activity in the debt capital markets, particularly larger...
Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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