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The Morning Shot

30th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend, it was a busy weekend for news. First of all in terms of where we stand, silver, nickel and tin are at the top of the commodities the commodities lea...

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Reflect and Prepare

26th May 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

This week news has been dominated by the horrific attack in Manchester where 22 people sadly lost their lives and many are still injured. It’s hard to reflect on the financial markets when...

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Morning Shot

26th May 17 By: Morning Shot

US markets finished in positive territory yesterday up an average of 0.38%, the S&P 500 close well above the 2400 area. In Asia things are not so rosy, as the OPEC saga takes its toll on energy n...

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Restaurant Group earnings preview

25th May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

This company owns all the nice restaurants at your local complex, Chiquito's, Garfunkle's and Frankie and Benny's to name a few but have they being doing enough to warrant some tasty returns! (sorry)...

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Morning Shot

25th May 17 By: Morning Shot

US equities closed higher yesterday by an average of 0.3% and Asian markets followed suit as the Fed indicated they are not ready to raise rates without further evidence of improvement from data. ...

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Tate & Lyle Earnings Preview

24th May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Tate & Lyle have had a great 2017 so far, the share price has risen 11.4% since the start of the year and 20% from the lows this year seen in late January. The British ingredients maker has rece...

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Morning Shot

24th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand: Asian markets are mixed this morning with the Nikkei and the ASX trading higher and all of the Chinese bourses are trading lower after Moody's downgraded the countries sover...

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Babcock earnings preview

23rd May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Babcock report tomorrow and have a great run this year, since mid April we have seen a move of 12.6%.    The company provides engineering support services and offers support...

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Morning Shot

23rd May 17 By: Morning Shot

First of all, my condolences to anyone who was hurt and to all the family and friends of those that died in yesterday’s attacks in Manchester. Where we stand: The major indices trade lo...

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Morning Shot

22nd May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand: Asian bourses traded higher overnight with the exception of Shanghai. The ASX performed very well after DCE iron ore and oil both performed well. Copper is slightly lower...

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Reflect & Prepare

19th May 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

Oh no! I am getting sick of writing about Donald Trump, when he was amazingly elected as the president I knew my days would be filled writing about his misdemeanours.  So why am I writing abo...

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Morning Shot

19th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand US equities retracted slightly yesterday but this had no material effect on Asian bourses that moved sideways. Gold printed a heavy rejection from higher prices yesterday ...

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Morning Shot

18th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand: US closed lower yesterday with its worst performance in 8 months due to political tension. Asian bourses markets are also subdued. In commodities markets, we are pretty much l...

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Morning Shot

17th May 17 By: Morning Shot

We we stand so far: The  Nasdaq closed higher by 0.33% while the S&P and Dow closed flat. In Asia all major indices are trading lower. In commodities markets, WTI and Brent are much ...

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SSE earnings preview

16th May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Oh dear rising energy prices! HSBC recently downgraded the company due to the Co. rising prices for domestic customers from 1 April 2017 by 6.9%, or £73 per year. In a note to clients...

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Recent excitement in the market.

16th May 17 By: David Harbage

Following on from the last script, which sought to put numbers on a number of company stocks on the writer’s Watch list, this week’s blog provides brief commentary on a few developments in...

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Morning Shot

16th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand so far this morning: The US markets all closed higher yesterday an average of 0.41%. Asian markets are trading mixed this morning with Nikkei ASX and Shanghai Comp. all higher and...

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Vodafone earnings preview

15th May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Vodafone shares have been pretty bullish leading into their earnings release, volume is backing this move away from the most recent value area of just above 200p. Today Vodafone transferred ...

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Morning Shot

15th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand so far: Industrial Production in China posted a worse than expected result at 6.5% vs. expectations of 7.1%. The Major indices are mixed in the Asia-Pac region are mixed. Commo...

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Reflect & Prepare

12th May 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

This week has been interesting, the Bank of England basically did nothing and fiddled around with a few numbers. Dropping GDP and Inflation forecasts by 0.10bps, while also pointing out wage gro...

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