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Bailey Rawden
Jan 2, 20238 min read
Uncertainty; Spreads Like Wildfire
An investigation into the relationship between uncertainty and credit spreads
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Samuel Buchan
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20216 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20212 min read
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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20213 min read
$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...
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Legacy Writer
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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...
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