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Where's Santa when you need him?

17th December 18 By: Ranjeet Singh

After months of bleating from yours truly about the impending stock market crash, it seems that the business newspapers and financial press have finally caught up with what the City has been predicti...

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Reflect & Prepare

14th December 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

Trade talks with China have been dominant for US markets this week, and a series of concessions from its major counterpart have served to give an element of relief, or more to the point support to US...

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Trade hopes revive risk sentiment in the US, but are they?

14th December 18 By: Shant

The trade tensions between the US and China have been hanging over global stocks like a dark cloud for some time now, though since the G20 meeting a week or so ago, we have seen some levitation as Ch...

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What does the leadership challenge mean for the FTSE100?

12th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

The FTSE100 trades higher this morning after reports of a leadership challenge.  Remember when the pound fall it can benefit the FTSE as lots of the profits from companies are denominated in ...

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The UK 'May' have played it all wrong.

11th December 18 By: Shant

Dominating the UK headlines, the Brexit saga is hard to detach oneself from and in yet another turn, Theresa May decided to pull the plug on the meaningful vote which was scheduled for Tuesday evenin...

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Oil price, Amerisur, Coro, Range, Aminex, Jadestone And finally...

10th December 18 By: Malcy

Well it was at least a deal and one that markets liked, just about. Closing prices were well off the top showing that even 1.2m b/d off the market is no guaranty of returning to recent price levels. ...

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The Death Cross

10th December 18 By: Ranjeet Singh

If you didn’t believe the hype, you had better start believing it now. The largest financial bomb since the 2008 crash which has been dangerously positioned beneath the global stock markets sin...

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Reflect & Prepare

7th December 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

It was a busy start to the week, coming off the back of a G20 meeting where the US and China agreed to call a truce on the exchanges in tariffs.  The current $200bln or so of Chinese goods will ...

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Brexit goalposts change again - and are likely to do so a number of times over the next few weeks.

7th December 18 By: Shant

In recent weeks, I have somewhat stuck my neck out in terms of what to expect from the negotiations between the UK and the EU, with the current deal drawing plenty of criticism within parliament due ...

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Ted Baker - are we set to find a base?

6th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

The company have really struggled this year with the high street taking a massive knock. Not only has the company suffered after 'Hug Gate' performance has been way below par. Here are some of the hi...

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Stagecoach - Adjusted earnings ahead of expectations

5th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

Good news for Stagecoach this morning at the latest Interim results for the half-year ended 27 October 2018 look good enough for the share price to move higher. Highlights: · ...

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Relief rally or something more?

4th December 18 By: Shant

Over the weekend, the market only had eyes for the Trump-Xi meeting at G20, hoping for some positive dialogue which could allay fears that global trade (and growth thereon) could be spared the detrim...

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Travis Perkins

4th December 18 By: Rajan Dhall

This morning in the latest capital markets day Travis Perkins confirms it wants to simplify the business. The Co. say they want to reduce complexity, speed up decision making and improve agility whil...

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The short view - Fog may get worse

3rd December 18 By: David Harbage

The immediate outlook for UK equity is clouded by uncertainty amid the potential for seriously negative news for businesses. Owners of stock market listed companies should always be taking the longer...

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Oil price, Reabold, DGO, Lekoil And finally?

3rd December 18 By: Malcy

Friday was listless, no news had started to come out of G20 so no positions were taken as a result. All is different this morning though as risk is being taken off in most markets. This is for two re...

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Eliminating Inefficiency is the quickest way to improve returns

3rd December 18 By: Ranjeet Singh

Last week I received an email from one of my traders telling me that I should speak to at all of my clients that were holding the bakery company, Greggs. Apparently, the company had gone up in price ...

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Brexit deal is down to trust in the EU - Parliamentary approval next month all but denied

3rd December 18 By: Shant

By Shant Movsesian. It is hard to broach the subject of Brexit without touching on personal sensitivities on the issue.  Some of you voted to stay in the EU, and some of you voted to leave.&n...

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Reflect & Prepare

30th November 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

Fed policy has been in focus this week, with Fed chair Powell speaking in NY and revealing a somewhat cautious bias, and underlining data dependency to quell any expectations that the rate path is se...

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Reflect & Prepare

30th November 18 By: Rajan Dhall

Fed policy has been in focus this week, with Fed chair Powell speaking in NY and revealing a somewhat cautious bias, and underlining data dependency to quell any expectations that the rate path is se...

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Britvic - Raise a glass

29th November 18 By: Rajan Dhall

Drinks company Britvic posted their prelim final results For the 52 weeks ended 30 September 2018. Here are some of the highlights:   ·      Revenue increas...

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