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Morning Shot

12th May 17 By: Morning Shot

As We Stand: All the major US bourses closed lower yesterday and apart from China (conducted MLF) all the Asia-Pac indices are also in the red.  In general commodities look firm aga...

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Reviewing the Universe and the Watch List

11th May 17 By: David Harbage

One of the questions most frequently asked by readers of this blog surrounds how to go about company share selection. With over 600 businesses listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (...

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Morning Shot

11th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand so far: Big day today! US markets traded higher with the exception of the Dow which closed lower by 0.16%. Most of the Asian bourses are trading in the black, only the Shangh...

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Talk Talk woes and Amec Foster Wheeler's earning preview

10th May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Talk Talk slashed there dividend today, as Sir Charles Dunstone returned to the helm of the FTSE 250 listed company. The Co. halved its final payout and dropped its FY returns by a 3rd, thi...

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Morning Shot

10th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand so far:  Once again yesterday, Nasdaq closed at new highs and the S&P and Dow closed slightly lower. Asian bourses trade higher but over in China its pretty mixed. Gol...

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Morning Shot

9th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we are at: Once again the Nasdaq reached a new record high, the S&P and Dow where both subdued. All of the major Asian Indecies are lower except the Hang Seng which trades higher by 0....

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Morning Shot

8th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where We Stand: Only one place to start.... How did Man Utd lose to Arsenal?! Just kidding Macron is now the new president of France and a very young one at that. Does this mean I can now start ...

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Reflect and Prepare

5th May 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

This week was a short week but that didn't mean it was short of action. I would like to kick off with commodities, Iron Ore has taken a massive hit this week with NYMEX Iron ore futures down just un...

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Morning Shot

5th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Were we stand so far:  US bourses traded mixed yesterday but ended largely flat, Asian markets all traded lower with the Hang Seng down 1%. Index's have been subdued due to the fall in oil ...

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Morning Shot

4th May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we are so far: Nikkei Closed, Asia traded lower as US bourses also traded mixed yesterday. (Remember Facebook reported) FOMC meeting: Traders are now think its 90% likely that the Fed w...

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Earnings tomorrow include HSBC, Ladbrokes Coral and Inmarsat

3rd May 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Another heavy earnings day tomorrow here are some of the levels surrounding the companies reporting:     HSBC: We are currently under value which is the price where the most am...

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Morning Shot

3rd May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we are so far: Asian equities traded mixed this morning with Non farms and the Fed looming. Outperforming and on a high is the energy markets with brent and WTI trading higher. Brent is...

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Morning Shot

2nd May 17 By: Morning Shot

Where we stand so far: RBA unchanged and Caixin Manufacturing from China was weaker than expected. Asian bourses remain mixed. In terms of commodities, zinc, silver, nickel and gold are al...

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Reflect and Prepare

28th April 17 By: Reflect & Prepare

In this week’s reflect and prepare we have: Central Banks, massive banks and politics, just your usual week in financial markets then. First of all US president Donald Trump failed to inspir...

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The Morning Shot

28th April 17 By: Morning Shot

So Far This Morning...The 3 Major US index's closed higher, but Asia failed to follow suit with only the ASX positive. EUR is weak this morning so far after traders remain to be uninspired by yest...

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Barclays

27th April 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Tomorrow we look forward to earnings from UK banking heavyweight Barclays. Fortunes have been improving for the global bank, but with this in mind the expectations from analyst's creeps higher. The ...

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Morning Shot

27th April 17 By: Morning Shot

Morning So Far:   Asia and US flat after Trump fails to inspire gains with the news of tax cuts. Agri commodities higher so far this morning, all metals lower with the exception of silver...

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Persimmon

26th April 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Its clear to see that Persimmon shares are on a massive bull trend. If you look at the chart below shares have never been performing better. The UK housing markets is somewhat of a gold mine. I don't...

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Morning Shot

26th April 17 By: Morning Shot

Morning So Far: US and Asia higher off the back of some good earnings results and the Nikkei due to the weaker JPY. In commodities markets, WTI is trading below 50.00, gold is also trading lo...

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Standard Chartered report during market tomorrow

25th April 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Standard Chartered report during market tomorrow and traders and analysts do not seem to be looking for anything ground breaking. I personally look forward to the companies that report during markets...

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