Street Smart
Inside knowledge on UK financial markets and investing. How the City actually works — and what that means for the private investor.

Stock market scams: how to spot them before they find you
Investment fraud costs UK investors hundreds of millions each year. Here is how the most common stock market scams work,…

7 Rules Every Private Investor Should Know
The City is not a level playing field. These seven rules explain where the private investor actually sits in the…

How Share Prices Get Manipulated (and Why You’re Last to Know)
In which we learn how the men in dark glasses made millions from trash talk, that you can’t trust everything…

If you do not know the rules, do not play the market
Stock market rules are not only written in textbooks or exchange handbooks. Some are formal, some are practical, and some…

Big Bang stock market changed the City, not ownership
The Big Bang stock market reforms made London faster, richer, and more global. They did not turn Britain into a…