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Thoughts ahead of ISA investment

5th April 17 By: David Harbage

On Thursday we move into a new tax year, which brings the opportunity for qualifying individuals – that is: UK residents of 16 or over for a cash ISA and 18 or over for a stocks & shares or...

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Time to Sharpen your hunting skills - Part 2

4th April 17 By: Ranjeet Singh

Hello to all…and welcome back to the 2 nd part of my “Time to sharpen your hunting skills” report. Last time I spoke about how the stock market could be likened to a hunting gr...

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Is the Tesco (TSCO) and Booker (BOK) deal off?

3rd April 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Shareholder groups look to have some kind of a problem with the GBP 3.5bln deal that would bring Tesco and Booker to merge, stating that the deal will put corner shops out of business. ...

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Old Mutual suffer as political tensions take over

3rd April 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Old Mutual (OML) shares fell sharply today off the back of political tensions in South Africa. President Zuma has recently fired finance minister Gordhan with South Africa's Deputy President Cyr...

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Amerisur Resources (AMER)

31st March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

This Co. are a oil and gas Co. based in the UK interested in investing in exploration and development in the South America region. The Co. recently paid Pacific E&P around USD 5mln for more asse...

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Where next for LSE?

29th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

So the EU antitrust regulator has ruled against the proposed merger between LSE and Deutsche Boerse, the price action surrounding the news was interesting. First off both companies sold off, then a ...

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Will Saga be hit by the Ogden rate?

29th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

The over 50's insurer gets it results tomorrow (29th Mar) and motor insurance premiums make up GBP 72mln of the GBP 117.6mln in revenue they posted in the first half of last year. At the e...

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Mining Sector (Anglo American)

28th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

The mining sector has taken a massive hit at the start of the week with two key pressing macro issues to contend with.   1) Reports of massive Iron Ore  stockpiles in China ...

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A stock for 2017 - first term reports

24th March 17 By: David Harbage

At the beginning of the year, this blog highlighted two company shares as meriting attention in 2017: Bellway and Paysafe . Both companies announced trading results this month, prompting the w...

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Ladbrokes

23rd March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Ladbrokes have been performing very well so far in 2017 but as you can see from the chart there is still some way to go before we reach the highs of last year.  Even though the company h...

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The worlds most powerful man or maybe not? How healthcare stocks are reacting

22nd March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

So yesterday we saw a broad sell off in equity markets, why, I hear you ask? Putting together President Trump’s budget with his repeal of 'Obamacare' seemed to be a slight gamble, that didn't p...

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Randgold Resources

21st March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Recent price action in the Co.'s shares has been bullish since the start of the year, prices have pushed higher but fell short of testing the 8000 level. The miner has now  found itself in a co...

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British Petroleum

20th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Price has moved higher since the OPEC output cut deal was announced and all the Iraqi, Saudi and Russian rhetoric in the mean time has not helped anyone (The reason for the recent retacement). The ke...

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It's time to sharpen your hunting skills

20th March 17 By: Ranjeet Singh

After having spent over 20 years scouring the markets for good buying opportunities, I have come to the conclusion that it’s not just ‘what you know’ that’s important but also...

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Climbing the 'wall of worry'

17th March 17 By: David Harbage

It has been an interesting, as well as positive, week for UK equities with a number of critical pointers emerging to keep investors ‘on their toes’. As unseasonal warm temperatures arrive...

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Berkeley Group

17th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

The housing sector in the UK is a key concern for both the government and population as whole, with rising numbers over the years causing clear problems with supply and demand. Berkeley Group believe...

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Hikma Pharmaceuticals

15th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Since the run up to the US elections Pharma stocks have been subdued, Hilary Clinton was initially against the sector in general. Targeting Mylan for the cost of products like Epipen and now Presiden...

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Ocado

13th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Ocado is looking at robotics more than delivering groceries at the moment which is all well and good but in my opinion looks like an expensive exercise. This does not mean that it will not work out o...

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Why it's good to have a hedge even if you don't have a garden PART 4 of 4

13th March 17 By: Ranjeet Singh

Preparing for the next market crash is important because we all know that the stock market works in cycles and therefore we understand that the market at some point has to fall. That’s a fact. ...

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Dixons Carphone

10th March 17 By: Rajan Dhall

Shares in this company have been hit hard in recent times. Since the start of the year we have seen a 40% decline in the share price, with shares reaching a low of 241.20 at one stage. Since that extr...

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