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'Mind your eye' it's a Value Trap

26th October 17 By: David Harbage

Based on the glitzy ‘For Sale’ banners, there are bargains to be had on the motor forecourt and the share prices of the UK’s motor car dealers have also tumbled. But are either new ...

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Morning Shot

26th October 17 By: Morning Shot

The US indices closed lower yesterday and Asian markets did not take that lead the Nikkei and the ASX are both trading higher. But we can understand the indecisive nature of stocks as the big tech gi...

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Morning Shot

25th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Once again the 3 major US bourses finished higher with the dow the best performer trading higher by 0.72%. In Asia, markets where all positive with the exception of the Nikkei which closed lower -0.3...

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Morning Shot

24th October 17 By: Morning Shot

All three of the major bourses closed lower yesterday, with the Nasdaq the worst performer down 0.64%. This negative sentiment did not carry through to Asia where the ASX (0.06%) and the Nikkei (0.50...

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Morning Shot

23rd October 17 By: Morning Shot

This week major bourses in Asia have opened mixed, the Nikkei trades higher bu 1.14% as Abe wins another term and the ASX trades lower by -0.22%. In China, the Shanghai comp. trades flat amid no real...

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Reflect & Prepare

20th October 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

 A UK focused week this week, the data has been interesting and Brexit takes centre stage once again. From a markets perspective inflation just missed the expected consensus and that took some p...

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Morning Shot

20th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Overnight the Senate paved the way for Trumps tax cuts, but the US bourses closed mixed with the Nasdaq lower 0.30% and the S&P and Dow both flat. In Asia the Shanghai Comp. and the Nikkei are bo...

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Our 2017 Stock advances 'under the wire'

19th October 17 By: David Harbage

Good to see Bellway shares put on 3% today, to extend yesterday's advance into record territory after announcing trading results which exceeded analysts' expectations. Financial media response - on a...

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Morning Shot

19th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Once again the US indices closed in the green with the Dow leading the pack up 0.70% and the S&P and Nasdaq nearly flat. In Asia markets have been mixed with the Nikkei (0.50%) and ASX (0.10...

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Morning Shot

18th October 17 By: Morning Shot

US indices closed mixed but almost flat yesterday,with some key earnings releases notably the banks. This morning we are generally in the black in Asia but nothing to write home about as the ASX is u...

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Morning Shot

17th October 17 By: Morning Shot

The big 3 bourses in the US all finished off on a high and Asia followed the trend with the ASX higher after some strong performance in commodities and the Nikkei positive after the JPY weakened. In ...

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Who benefits from Venture Capital Trusts?

16th October 17 By: Eric Chalker

Journalists’ interest in VCTs has recently been reawakened by the thought that VCT tax benefits might suffer in the government’s next budget, due in a month’s time.   This...

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Morning Shot

16th October 17 By: Morning Shot

After last Friday's  volatile session, equity markets are off to a good start after strong Chinese CPI data. The Nikkei and ASX are both up around 0.50% this morning while the Shanghai Comp...

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Reflect and Prepare

13th October 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

Crazy week this week in terms of speakers, Brexit, and of course Trump!. Let us start with the Brexit negotiations, it looked like all hell was about to break loose at the start of the week as P...

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An update on the house builders.

13th October 17 By: David Harbage

Last month’s article, “If the boss is selling, should you?” prompted a lot of comment from readers, especially those interested in the domestic residential market and the stocks of ...

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Morning Shot

13th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Equity markets had a volatile session yesterday, FTSE 100 rose off of the GBP weakness but then after market we had some comments that could hurt the index today, Barnier stated that the UK could hav...

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Morning Shot

12th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Asia had a positive session overnight with the Nikkei up 0.34% and the ASX trading higher by 0.40%. Meanwhile the US indices all closed higher by an average of 0.20%. The only underperformer was Chin...

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Morning Shot

11th October 17 By: Morning Shot

Yesterday we saw another record close for the Dow and this morning will mark the highest close we have seen in 20 years in the Nikkei 225. Elsewhere, the ASX trades higher by 0.60% due to strength in...

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Morning Shot

10th October 17 By: Morning Shot

After a slow day yesterday due to Columbus day in the US, this morning Asian equities trade mixed. The ASX is down 0.02%, roughly the same as the Shanghai Comp. and the Nikkei is trading higher by 0....

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Morning Shot

9th October 17 By: Morning Shot

After consistent record highs the US bourses closed mixed at the end of last week. No such problem in Asia with all major bourses trading in the black, although, we must remember markets are closed t...

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