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6th October 17
Another manic week in the financial markets, with one of the main events *cough* was the UK Prime Minister's Speech. UK PM May is under massive pressure from her own Conservative party at the mo...
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Takeover Panel becomes an arm of government
6th October 17
Most private investors are probably only vaguely aware of The Takeover Panel. It is generally thought of as acting as umpire when a merger or acquisition has been proposed, in order to ensure f...
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6th October 17
More record closed last night in the US indices and Asia followed suit with the Nikkei up 0.34% and the ASK up just over a percent as energy prices bounced back after a hard week. As we come to th...
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5th October 17
US stocks only traded marginally higher yesterday and Asian indices trade flat this morning in a very lackluster session. Yesterday agri commodities are performing well with orange juice...
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4th October 17
Asian bourses traded mostly higher overnight after another record breaking session in the US as all three major indices posted fresh highs. The only corporates that struggle overnight were the ones i...
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3rd October 17
The relentless rise in US equities continues and the Nikkei followed suit, but this can be attributed to the weak JPY overnight. In Australia the ASX traded weaker following the RBA and weak commodit...
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2nd October 17
Major Asian bourses have followed the lead from the US last week opening on a high, we must remember Chinese equities markets are closed which does have an impact on many of our markets mainly the co...
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29th September 17
It has been a busy week in the financial markets from a macro perspective, I dubbed this week the week of speaks with highlights from BoE's Carney, Fed's Yellen, President Trump and m...
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29th September 17
Asia and the US have been trading in positive territory with the exception of the Nikkei which was subdued as the JPY bounced back after some USD strength. Also overnight Japan saw their Nationa...
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28th September 17
Major indices were buoyed yesterday as details of Trumps tax plans were revealed, the Nasdaq was the outperformer up 1.15%. In Asian markets that momentum continued as the ASX (0.11%) and the Ni...
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27th September 17
After the US bourses closed mixed yesterday, Asian equity markets followed suit. Nikkei (-0.36%) and ASX (0.13%) both closed lower while the Shanghai comp is trading higher by 0.14%. Today we wi...
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26th September 17
Over the pond geopolitical issues made all 3 of the major bourses closed in the red, Asian equities followed suit with all of the majors trading in negative territory. The threatening langua...
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25th September 17
Over the weekend Angela Merkel won the German election and she will now serve her 4th term. In Asia the Nikkei 225 and the ASX look like they will close on a positive note but Chinese bourses are all...
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22nd September 17
The FOMC meeting this week was taken in a bullish light from a USD perspective as the normalisation process looks set to continue. The Fed are going to look to unwind the balance sheet starting next ...
Read MoreWhose interests do directors put first?
22nd September 17
It is common for directors to ask shareholders for authority to buy back company shares. For many private investors this is anathema, because they rarely if ever see any benefit. Worse, w...
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22nd September 17
US and Asian indices traded in subdued fashion with the exception of the ASX which traded higher by 0.40%. North Korea overnight threatened to test another hydrogen bomb. So after those comments f...
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21st September 17
So yesterday the FOMC kept rates the same but confirmed they will start to unwind the balance sheet starting next month, this led the US indices to close mixed with the Nasdaq the only major index do...
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20th September 17
Markets closed within close ranges to opening prices in the US and Asia as traders await the FOMC. This is despite politics taking over yesterday, with Trump speaking to UN council delegates and Bori...
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19th September 17
After another record close on Wall St. yesterday, the Nikkei came back with a bang to trade nearly 2% higher. No such joy for the ASX and the Shanghai Comp. which are both down an average of 0....
Read MoreIf the boss is selling, should you?
18th September 17
Last week housebuilder Linden Homes – which is part of the FTSE250 index construction group Galliford Try - announced that it built 7% more homes in the year to 30 June 2017 (to 3,296) and ac...
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