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Rics House Price Data Suggests We Could Be In For a Hard Time

17th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

The latest report from RICS shows that Brexit and general market conditions show that sales and prices are easing leading into the March Brexit deadline. Yes, this could be a catalyst for the decline...

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FTSE 100 Technicals ahead of the Brexit vote

15th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

The FSTE 100 has been in a downtrend on the daily chart but recently we are seeing signs of a small recovery. Obviously, much of this depends on the outcome of today's vote. It is looking increa...

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JD gap 6% higher after a solid trading update

14th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

In their trading statement for the Christmas period, JD sports say significant progress on international development has been made. This company continues to buck the trend when it comes to...

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Brexit saga comes to a head - no appetite for no deal

14th January 19 By: Shant

Anyone having kept close tabs on the debate in Parliament this week will have clearly realised that the only majority in the House of Commons is that of avoiding a no deal outcome come March 29th.&nb...

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Reflect & Prepare

11th January 19 By: Reflect & Prepare

Market focus is on the Fed's rate path ahead, and while quantitative tightening slowly continues in the background, the prospects of further rate increases over the near term have all but vanished. &...

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Halfords shares hit their lowest in seven years

10th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Shares in the auto centre hit their lowest level since July 2019 after the Co. released their Q3 trading update this morning. The Co. say that mild weather has hit sales hard as usually cus...

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Base metals round up (BHP,KAZ,GLEN)

9th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

As the trade negotiations continue between China and the US any good news is followed by a rally in copper prices. This morning, copper is trading at $2.66/lb - this is after we tested the consolidat...

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Greene King - Will they continue this recovery

8th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Greene King today released their latest trading statement for the 36 weeks to 6th January 2019. Here are some of the highlights:   Company like-for-like (LFL) sales were up 3.2% following ...

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Fed policy turns flexible - no one should be surprised

7th January 19 By: Shant

While the trading year starts in earnest from today, events at the end of last week gave risk assets reason for some near term cheer.  We saw the employment data showing signs that tight labour ...

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2019 could be a fantastic year for Investors - even if the stock market crashes

7th January 19 By: Ranjeet Singh

…and welcome back. Wow, doesn’t time to fly so quickly. We are already into the 2 nd week of January of the new year and 2018 is all but a distant memory. So how was your Christmas and ...

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What are the drivers for UK shares today (focus on the supermarkets & base metals)

7th January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

The three best performers in the FTSE 100 today are retail names, it been a while since I have said something like that. Sainsbury's, Dixons Carphone and Tesco make up the top 3 this morning after r...

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Reflect & Prepare

4th January 19 By: Reflect & Prepare

Events in the US are currently surrounding the state of the equity markets, which have suffered turmoil both into and after the Xmas break.  In chronological order, the drop off in US yields hav...

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Stock market confidence at a low.

4th January 19 By: Shant

The end of last year and the beginning of 2019 is pointing to a volatile year ahead, if not longer, as the financial markets have finally succumbed to the realisation that the post QE era is set to d...

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Next shares jump 6% higher after trading statement

3rd January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Next have announced sales were boosted by a late Christmas surge in sales. The Co. stated three weeks prior to Christmas and the October half-term holiday had made up for a "disappointing" Novem...

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Amerisur shares jump in early trade

2nd January 19 By: Rajan Dhall

Amerisur shares are flying this morning after the operational update regarding the initial short-term testing at the Indico-1 well on the CPO-5 block (AMER 30%) and upcoming CPO-5 drilling progr...

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Reflect & Prepare (End of year special)

21st December 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

Dominating the US this week has been sell-off in the equity markets with the focal point this week being the FOMC - who chose to hike rates again despite weakness in the stock markets.  Market p...

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And so it came to pass....

21st December 18 By: Shant

As anticipated, this week's FOMC announcement proved to be a pivotal mark for investors and equity markets as the outlook on monetary policy outlined the fact that the Fed will continue tightening in...

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Tonight's Fed announcement the biggest yet

19th December 18 By: Shant

It has been a while since we went into a Federal Reserve meeting announcement with a genuine degree of uncertainty in the air.  Having 'prepared' the market in previous episodes, participants wi...

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888 Holdings - Are things looking up for the online gaming company?

19th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

This morning one of the worlds largest online gaming names has delivered its trading statement, here are some of the highlights:   Co. estimates adjusted EBITDA for the full y...

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Are ASOS about to bounce back?

17th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

ASOS delivered their latest trading update for the first three months of the financial year today. Here are some of the highlights:   ·      Total sales grew at +14% ...

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