9th August 19
US intervention on the Dollar has been a topical theme of late, with the US president consistently expressing his disapproval of current strength. Global trade has been a contentious issue for ...
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9th August 19
The weekly chart above is showing a bearish picture with the RSI indicator breaking its trendline looking lower. Also, the relatively steep trendline on the chart has also broken and not quite r...
Read More8th August 19
As central banks around the world cut interest rates and start thinking about adding more stimulus gold looks like its the flavour of the month. The spot contract broke through USD 1500/...
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7th August 19
WTI $63.63 -$1.06, Brent $58.94 -87c, Diff -$5.31 +19c, NG $2.11 +4c Oil price Oil fell again yesterday as concerns that the US/Sino trade arguments would have an effect on global GDP and a...
Read More6th August 19
Genel Energy Interims from Genel this morning which continue to show what a strong position the company is in. WI production averaged 37,400 b/d in H1 2019 an increase of 17% compared to 1H 2018 a...
Read More5th August 19
Base metals stocks have not had the best time of late as the trade war between China and the US intensifies. Copper in the COMEX futures exchange is now trading at USD 2.55/lb a 9% fall since the hig...
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2nd August 19
When all the attention was on the FOMC this week, matters soon turned to politics again as the White House played hardball once again, slapping tariffs on China - 10% on another $300bln of imports to...
Read More2nd August 19
This is a technical update for the FTSE 100: (previous post https://www.lse.co.uk/blogs/expert/what-could-stop-the-ftse-100.html ) Since the last FTSE 100 briefing, the FOMC decide...
Read More2nd August 19
It has been quite a week in the US, with the highly anticipated FOMC announcement delivering what many had expected from policymakers, in terms of action. After a number of week's debating whet...
Read More31st July 19
Gold has been on a pretty decent run of late and Centamin (CEY:LN) have profited from the price rise. Today the company have released their latest interim results for the last 6 months. R...
Read More31st July 19
News today broke of the Lloyds Banking Group fending off competition in the bid to take over the mortgage book from Tesco bank. Earlier this year - in May - Tesco announced that it was to cease...
Read More30th July 19
The FTSE 100 is on a great run at the minute and let's have a look at some of the key reasons. Over the last week or so we have had the confirmation of Boris Johnson as the new UK ...
Read More30th July 19
Rockhopper Exploration A Sea Lion funding update from RKH this morning as the preliminary Information Memorandum has been submitted to potential senior lenders. This will form the basis of a loan ...
Read More26th July 19
It has been a relatively quiet week in US markets, where stocks are waiting on the next steps from the Fed in anticipated moves to support the major indices. The futures markets are pricing in ...
Read More25th July 19
Coming up today is the European Central Bank announcement on their latest policy intentions, and as the governing council has warned in recent weeks, the global downturn has had a more lasting effect...
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24th July 19
Yesterday, the Conservative party’s new leader was announced and today Boris Johnson becomes prime minister. Love him or loathe him, this colourful character is set to move financial markets as...
Read More23rd July 19
Fevertree has been one of the best-performing stocks on my monitor over the last 4 years since their IPO. Now it seems that the stock market is looking at "gin fatigue" for a reason for the stock to ...
Read More22nd July 19
Metro bank today announced this morning they are looking at selling their loan portfolio but have commented: "There can be no certainty at this stage that an agreement will be reached". &nbs...
Read More19th July 19
It doesn't take much to get the markets excited, and with the FOMC meeting in a week and a half, all the talk is of the potential size of the move which puts 25 basis points at near certainty, while ...
Read More19th July 19
Trade talks with various counterparts around the world seem to have taken a backseat in market matters. US-Sino relations seem to be going nowhere fast, but the current narrative seems to be th...
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