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Morning Shot

11th August 17 By: Morning Shot

Equities extended losses yesterday with the Nasdaq falling as much as 2%, the Nikkei traded slightly lower as the rest of the major Asian bourses where lower by over 1%. Once again this all stemmed f...

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Just another week of drama - for company share investors

10th August 17 By: David Harbage

If the previously published blog was all about collective investments, this article’s commentary surrounding recent news on individual company shares brings the debate about the merits of each ...

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Morning Shot

10th August 17 By: Morning Shot

Asian shares tried to push higher before geopolitical woes pushed them back down again. The Nikkei and ASX are both lower but only marginally so, with all 3 of the major US bourses lower by an averag...

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Morning Shot

9th August 17 By: Morning Shot

Markets entered safe haven mode yesterday as tensions rose in North Korea, North Korea's military is "examining the operational plan" to strike areas around the US territory of Guam. Off the bac...

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Morning Shot

7th August 17 By: Morning Shot

All of the US indices finished higher yesterday, but Asian bourses did not follow suit as the ASX and the Nikkei traded lower.  Chinese Trade Balance came in at (USD) 46.74B ...

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Reflect & Prepare

4th August 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

Only one place to start this week and that and that's with the Bank of England. The FTSE 100 enjoyed gains as the pound tumbled when the BoE stood pat keeping rates and QE at current levels. There h...

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Morning Shot

4th August 17 By: Morning Shot

The Dow finished flat and the S&P and Nasdaq finished lower yesterday, Asian bourses have followed suit this morning with both the Nikkei and the ASX subdued. Of note yesterday the Wall Stre...

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Morning Shot

3rd August 17 By: Morning Shot

The Nasdaq and the S&P closed flat yesterday, while the Dow closed higher by 0.24%. In Asia shares fell from their relative highs as some analysts citing profit taking and a lack of drivers for t...

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Morning Shot

2nd August 17 By: Morning Shot

US indices finished in the green yesterday and Asian bourses are following suit this morning as earning dictate play once again. Apple helped boost Asia after market after they beat on revenue and EP...

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Morning Shot

1st August 17 By: Morning Shot

The Dow (0.28%) closed higher yesterday while the S&P (-0.07%) and the NASDAQ closed down (0.47%). In Asia all the major bourses had a good session as good data and earnings boost the market.&nbs...

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Morning Shot

31st July 17 By: Morning Shot

Asian bourses are mixed this morning with the Nikkei down 0.12% and the rest of the major indices trading higher. The ASX was the outperformer as commodities once again stole the show, copper is up 0...

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Searching for Dividend Yield

28th July 17 By: Eric Chalker

When searching for shares to place in a portfolio for income, beware of false dividend information.  The true dividend yield may not be as stated.  There are several reasons for this, quite...

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Reflect & Prepare

28th July 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

What a week ,who said the summer is supposed to be quiet for traders? We have had central banks, shares rising, shares falling, commodities gains, you name it. First of all I would like to start over...

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Morning Shot

28th July 17 By: Morning Shot

US markets closed mixed yesterday with the Dow closing higher and the S&P and Nasdaq both down. In Asia so far, the sentiment is also pretty negative with the Shanghai Comp. flat and the ASX and ...

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Morning Shot

27th July 17 By: Morning Shot

Busy one this morning, the major US indices closed higher by an average of 0.5% yesterday as traders and investors felt a softening tone in the Federal Reserve's confidence on inf...

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Morning Shot

26th July 17 By: Morning Shot

Yesterday, the US indices finished higher after we saw a string of good earnings results, this spurred sentiment in Asia along with a string of other catalysts including: Trump taking his f...

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Active, Passive or a bit of both?

25th July 17 By: David Harbage

The above question is probably the one most frequently posed by prospective stock market investors – after being encouraged to spread their monies across many assets, and businesses in the case...

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Morning Shot

25th July 17 By: Morning Shot

Yesterday shares in the US traded mixed with the Nasdaq up 0.36% and the S&P and Dow both finished lower an average of 0.20%. In Asia, the best performing index was the ASX which traded higher by...

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Morning Shot

24th July 17 By: Morning Shot

This week promises to be a busy one, with the FOMC meeting and GDP from the UK, US and Canada. Today in Asia Chinese shares trade higher but the ASX and the Nikkei are both in the red.  ...

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Reflect & Prepare

21st July 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

Yo-yo summer week, one day its quiet one day its frantic. The main story of the week comes in the form of the European Central Bank for me, there was some cryptic clues in the ECB post decision ...

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