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4th October 18
This morning sofa maker DFS reported its preliminary results for the 52 weeks ended 28 July 2018. Here are the highlights from the report: · Group revenue including ...
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Amerisur has announced this morning that the Pintadillo-1 discovery well is ahead of expectations and will pay back in ‘under a year ‘. The T sand interval has flow tested under natural f...
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Among some of the respected fund and money managers in the spot light is a growing fear that with equity markets and valuations at extended levels, exposure in the latest derivatives craze - ETFs - m...
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I am away for a few days but can’t avoid seeing the oil price continuing to strengthen, as I write WTI is$75.50 and Brent just shy of $85. The same reasons apply as before but in an increasingl...
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Today we received the latest prelim report from Revolution Bars I have mixed feelings about the forward guidance and like for like performance statistics. The Co. state ''Pre-booked Christmas sales u...
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Many years before I began trading in equities and funds I was a currency trader. In fact, one of the main reasons that I stopped was because when I first started trading foreign exchange we had the F...
Read More28th September 18
The FOMC met this week to deliver its latest assessment on the economy, accompanied by a widely anticipated 25bp rate hike which takes the Fed Funds rate up to 2.25%. Looking beyo...
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This morning easyJet has provided us with a trading update for the 4th quarter. Here are the highlights: Full Year Headline profit before tax expectation of £570m to £580m ...
Read More27th September 18
towards a smooth exit, we seem to have established an acceptance of the risks ahead - not too dissimilar to the apathy in some of the developed markets towards potential trade disruptions from the se...
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This morning online fashion retailer Boohoo posted their latest set of results. Here are some of the main highlights: · Revenue £395.3 million, up 50%  ...
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Many private clients are attracted to oil, gas or mining companies whose exploration efforts could lead to their transformation - potentially resulting in a many-fold upward move in their share price...
Read More25th September 18
It has been a common cry - or complaint - lately that the markets are all moving in one direction in recent months. Everything is skewed towards US assets, including more specifically, the Doll...
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CMC markets are one of the worlds leading spread betting providers and this morning released their latest trading update covering the period from 1 July 2018 to 25 September 2018. Key State...
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African Oil and Gas investors have been through a rollercoaster of emotions recently. A few weeks ago it had emerged one of the rigs at the Tilapia field in the Republic of the Congo had been da...
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If you have been paying close attention to the stock market recently you may have seen a strange phenomenon that you couldn’t quite put your finger on. The reason that maybe you can’t put...
Read More21st September 18
In a week where there have been few notable data releases, market participants have been watching the headlines for any fresh developments on the trade tensions between the US and China - primarily. ...
Read More21st September 18
It has been a good week for the UK in terms of the economic developments, with retail sales painting a healthier picture given the breadth of uncertainty over Brexit. Higher inflation levels ar...
Read More20th September 18
Ascent Resources hit the market this morning with a very brief update, at first glance there is not too much to get excited about, here are the highlight: · Re...
Read More19th September 18
As ever we continue to watch the inter-asset relationships in order to get an idea of what the main drivers in the market are and whether they are undergoing - or starting to undergo a change in some...
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