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Royal Mail (RMG) - Are they in big trouble?

28th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Last week saw Royal Mail slashing its dividends from 25p to 15p in a bid to fund changes to its business model to fit in with the changing consumer landscape.  Online sales have laid waste to a ...

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Theresa May finally gives way - 'No Deal' becomes real again, or does it?

28th May 19 By: Shant

It comes as little comfort to accept that the Brexit process which is now reaching its 3rd full year, has descended into outright chaos, having claimed a number of Brexit ministers and now ultimately...

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UK retail takes another hit

23rd May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Things are going from bad to worse for UK retail firms as Topshop owner Phillip Green confirms more store closures in the UK and the closure of all the stores in the US.   Looking at other...

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What is happening to Gold?

23rd May 19 By: Shant

For a number of weeks, if not months, I (and in fairness, many others) have been suggesting a defensive stance is warranted in the current climate, a climate which has been poisoned by not only trade...

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Scapa Group drops 13% in early trade

21st May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Global healthcare company Scapa released their latest Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 March 2019.   The company delivered record revenue profits which grew 7.0% to GBP 311.8...

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Reflect & Prepare

17th May 19 By: Reflect & Prepare

Centre stage is the US-China trade standoff, which up until 2 weeks ago constituted a set of negotiations but is now turning into a war.  China is fully prepared to retaliate, and matters have b...

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UK's allure takes a beating

17th May 19 By: Shant

For a number of weeks now I have chosen to avoid the dreaded Brexit word, not least of all because readers are sick to the back teeth of the mess that has developed under a parliament fractured into ...

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Staffline shares fall over 50%!!

17th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Recruiting company Staffline's shares have capitulated this morning after the Co. issued a profit warning.    The company is heavily reliant on supplying temp workers to food factorie...

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FTSE firm on GBP weakness (technical analysis article)

16th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

So following on from the last technical analysis article ( http://www.lse.co.uk/blogs/expert/rajan-dhall/zw82lelp85j8twd/ )   Today we are getting some key movement in USD denominated comp...

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Thomas Cook nose dive this morning - but that's not the end of the story

16th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

This morning Thomas Cook released their results for the six months ended 31 March 2019, here are some of the key highlights:      The Co. has suffered a near GBP 1.45bln loss ...

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Rhetoric from all sides points to a lengthy trade war - fund seek protection rather than reversal as yet

15th May 19 By: Shant

Over the past week and a half, the markets have been turned on their head with the news that the US was to, and did, raise tariffs on $200bln of Chinese goods as of 10th of May.  President Trump...

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Marston push through 100 again (Cheers)

15th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

This morning pub operator Marstons released their latest interim report for the period ended 30th March. Here are some of the key highlights: -   Underlying revenue and earnings growth i...

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Oil price, Hurricane, Columbus, Jadestone And finally…

13th May 19 By: Malcy

WTI $61.66 -4c, Brent $70.62 +23c, Diff -$8.96 +27c, NG $2.62 +2c Oil price Last week, despite all the shenanigans oil didn’t do much, WTI fell 59 cents and Brent 67, to put that into...

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Reflect & Prepare

10th May 19 By: Reflect & Prepare

There has only been one key theme dominating the US - and indeed global - markets this week and that has been the purported breakdown in talks between the US and China.  Last weekend, the presid...

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Technical update FTSE 100 - down to trade deal

10th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

  Its always good news when your analysis works -  http://www.lse.co.uk/blogs/expert/rajan-dhall/t4yygik2ri788ap/   I wrote the last article on the 1st May and it seems ...

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Market fragility highlighted by US-China breakdown in talks

10th May 19 By: Shant

For a number of weeks, if not months, I have been highlighting the global risks which at the very least, should prompt investors to position a little more defensively with the major US indices testin...

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The US-China trade war saga continues

8th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Within the last few minutes, Chinese sources have revealed that China 'miscalculated the resolve of the Trump administration'. Further to that apparently, China sort changes to its text on intellectu...

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Something new to watch on the political front

7th May 19 By: Shant

Utility companies in the UK are coming under pressure as the Brexit saga has led to fresh developments which ultimately, could see Labour potentially return to power.  In this instance, Labour w...

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Copper dumping again after the Bank holiday weekend

7th May 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Copper prices are once again under pressure as the US-China deal is rocked once again by US president Trump. Over the bank holiday weekend, Donald Trump released a series of tweets throwing the deal ...

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FOMC aftermath

2nd May 19 By: Shant

As you were ladies and gentlemen . . . markets are back to their familiar lull, now awaiting the next tranche of US data after last night's FOMC announcement produced a neutral stance - as has been c...

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