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Looks like MKS as found support and rising from a double bottom pattern. SP targets are resistance lines to be taken out on the chart. The oscillators are looking very bullish. The company reports on the 10th of April a Trading Statement. http://chartattack.webs.com/marks%20and%20spencer%2020.jpg

WH Smith to benefit from high street progress Improvements on the high street and in travel will benefit WH Smith (SMWH.L) according to Investec, which has increased its target price for the stock from £12.00 to £14.00. Analyst Kate Calvert reiterated Investec’s ‘buy’ recommendation on anticipation of strong first half results for the newsagent and further indication of franchising plans. She said she was also expecting more detail from management on its personalised card business Funkypigeon.com. ‘We expect management to say more on WH Smith newsagent franchising and potentially on Funkypigeon, which could be a hidden gem if the Photobox (owners of Moonpig) valuation being talked about in the press is anything to go by,’ she said. Calvert expects profits for the first half of the year before tax to fall slightly due to pension commitments with second half profits becoming stronger following ‘steady progress’ from the high street and as travel continues its cyclical recovery

<b>Hargreaves Lansdown to launch equity research arm 31 Mar 2014 | 08:01</b> Nick Paler Categories: Equities Topics: Hargreaves lansdown | Stockbroking gorham-ian inShare Hargreaves Lansdown is to expand its business with the creation of a new stockbroking research arm, Investment Week can reveal. The group is building an equity research team from scratch, having previously only provided general information and news updates on individual UK shares, rather than recommendations. The new team will provide Hargreaves’ clients with analyst notes on stocks, and a house view. It will also mean Hargreaves will be giving buy/sell recommendations on UK shares for the first time. The move will see the business challenge established research teams, including major brokers such as Barclays. Hargreaves is making the move after becoming the country’s largest execution-only stockbroker this year – the group has placed one in five of all retail trades in this area so far in 2014. The new team will be based in Bristol and report to a new head of equity research, for which the D2C giant is currently recruiting. Ian Gorham (pictured), chief executive, said the plans are an extension of the service Hargreaves already provides in the funds space. “HL Vantage is the leading direct to consumer investment supermarket in the UK, and this is a natural development of our service,” he said. “It aims to provide our clients with the best combination of information and service on all the investments they choose to buy, whether funds, shares, passives, ETFs, or investment trusts. Clients value our expertise as well as our service.” Hargreaves Lansdown’s stockbroking arm has seen its revenues grow substantially in recent months, boosted by increasing client numbers, as well as a number of high profile IPOs including Royal Mail and Direct Line. As a result, stockbroking income for the first half of the 2014 financial year climbed 71% compared to the previous half year, hitting £18.3m. The percentage of assets in shares held on Vantage is currently 38%, the group said, and the group will aim to build on this with the launch of the research arm.

<B>REG - Manx Telecom PLC - Manx Telecom opens its third data centre</b> 28 Mar 2014 - 07:00 For best results when printing this announcement, please click on the link below: http://pdf.reuters.com/Regnews/regnews.asp?i=43059c3bf0e37541&u=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20140328:nRSb3942Da RNS Number : 3942D Manx Telecom PLC 28 March 2014 28 March 2014 Manx Telecom Plc (the "Company") Manx Telecom opens its third data centre Manx Telecom Plc (AIM: MANX), the leading communication solutions provider on the Isle of Man (the "Island"), announces the opening of its new data centre. The new Greenhill Data Centre ("GDC") is the Company's third data centre, in addition to existing facilities in Douglas North and Douglas Central, and is located near to Manx Telecom's headquarters in Douglas. Today's announcement marks the completion of Phase One at the GDC at a cost of £3.5 million and will see 100 racks of storage space become available to a wide variety of businesses based on and off the Island. This additional capacity increases the total storage space to 385 racks. Phases Two and Three, which are due for completion in 2015 and 2016, will add a further 120 and 320 racks and cost £1.5 million and £5.0 million respectively, making GDC the biggest data centre on the Island in terms of rack space. Manx Telecom's data centres at GDC and Douglas North are ranked as Tier III data centres (according to Telecommunications Industry Association standards). This provides high standards of data security, resilience, and expandable hosting capacity, including business continuity and distributed denial of service protection. The Company's data centres already provide hosting services for many leading private sector brands. Mike Dee, CEO of Manx Telecom, said: "The data centre market represents an important growth opportunity for Manx Telecom and today's announcement helps to consolidate our position as the leading provider of data centre services on the Isle of Man. It means we now have the only twin Tier 3 data centre set-up with direct connectivity on the Island, providing a uniquely resilient data hosting proposition. Stuart Paul, Manx Telecom Data Centres Director, said: "The Greenhill Data Centre will significantly increase our capacity to provide hosting and managed services solutions in the eGaming, big data and cloud sectors - all of which are important for the continued growth of the Island's economy. We're pleased with the interest in GDC to date and look forward to welcoming our first customers next week" -Ends- For further enquiries, please contact: Manx Telecom plc +44 (0) 1624 636400 Mike Dee, Chief Exe

RESEARCH ALERT-Manx Telecom: Barclays starts with overweight rating 26 Mar 2014 - 07:33 March 26 (Reuters) – : * Manx Telecom <MANX.L> : Barclays starts with overweight rating * Manx Telecom <MANX.L> : Barclays starts coverage with price target of 200p

27 Mar 2014 Domino's Pizza... DOM Numis Buy 538.50 546.00 710.00 710.00 Reiterates SP Target 710p

Broker Recommendations Galvan expects 'upsurge in business' at Hargreaves Lansdown 24 March 2014 11:23 Galvan Research and Trading has labelled financial services group Hargreaves Lansdown as a 'buy', saying that it should get a boost from George Osborne's 2014 Budget. The Chancellor unveiled a radical shake-up of the savings markets last week, giving customers unprecedented freedom over how they draw their pensions, whilst increasing the annual ISA allowance to £15,000 per person. Galvan believes that Hargreaves should see an "upsurge in business" as a result of customers beginning to take advantage of the new measures. "Hargreaves Lansdown investors have enjoyed a stellar share price performance over the last one to two years, as shares have trebled in value since April 2012," said Head of Trading, Ed Woolfitt. "Despite the record set of full-year results, the recent pre-budget blip was perhaps understandable given last year's changes by the FCA to fund platform commissions, but the pension revolution and ISA changes announced by the Chancellor will suit HL down to the ground as the UK's largest direct to investor 'Investment Supermarket'." Woolfitt estimates that the share price will return to its 52-week high of 1,549p in the coming two to three weeks. The stock was down 1% at 1,400p by 11:40 on Monday. BC

Russian gold glitters in face of Ukraine conflict by Suzie Neuwirth March 17, 2014, 12:48pm The geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine are boosting the gold price and benefitting Russian miners, according to Canaccord Genuity today. The broker has upgraded its recommendations on Russian gold producers Polymetal International and Petropavlovsk to “buy”, as a result of its bullish view on the yellow metal and a weaker currency, due to the regional unrest. “The 14 per cent ruble depreciation since December improves costs in US dollar terms and drives a six per cent and 17 per cent increase in our net asset value estimates respectively,” said Canaccord. “The higher gold price estimates make a substantial difference to our free cash flow estimates and ability of management to reduce net debt levels over the next few years,” it added. Gold is a safehaven metal that investors traditionally buy at times of financial uncertainty. As City A.M. reported last month, research from the World Gold Council showed that overall gold demand slid by 15 per cent last year, due to large-scale outflows from ETFs, as confidence in the US economy improved. But the battle over Crimea’s sovereignty – coupled with worries surrounding China’s credit market – have triggered a recent pick-up in the gold price and should cause it to rally further in the near term, according to the broker’s research. “We believe the recent strength in the gold price is the result of a robust physical demand and a pick up in investment demand as indicated by the first significant rise in exchange traded fund (ETF) gold holdings in 15 months,” it added. Canaccord is revising its estimates across the (gold) board. African Barrick Gold also gets its seal of approval and even Egypt-focused Centamin is a “speculative buy” despite an ongoing legal dispute. “Our average 2014-2018 gold price assumption rises six per cent to US$1,354 (£814)/oz, and long-term projection rises five per cent to US$1,455/oz,” said Canaccord. “This drives earnings per share upgrades and an average 25 per cent increase in target prices across our coverage.”

Broker Views..... Stock on a P/E of just over 4 (just getting the forward P/E Yep I know not always the correct way to value a mine. But it does give a comparison..... MEDUSA MINING BROKER VIEWS Date Broker Recommendation Price Old target price New target price Notes 04 Mar Cantor Fitzgerald Buy 136.25 190.00 222.00 Retains 27 Feb SP Angel Buy 136.25 -.............. 245.00 Reiterates

Russian gold glitters in face of Ukraine conflict by Suzie Neuwirth March 17, 2014, 12:48pm The geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine are boosting the gold price and benefitting Russian miners, according to Canaccord Genuity today. The broker has upgraded its recommendations on Russian gold producers Polymetal International and Petropavlovsk to “buy”, as a result of its bullish view on the yellow metal and a weaker currency, due to the regional unrest. “The 14 per cent ruble depreciation since December improves costs in US dollar terms and drives a six per cent and 17 per cent increase in our net asset value estimates respectively,” said Canaccord. “The higher gold price estimates make a substantial difference to our free cash flow estimates and ability of management to reduce net debt levels over the next few years,” it added. Gold is a safehaven metal that investors traditionally buy at times of financial uncertainty. As City A.M. reported last month, research from the World Gold Council showed that overall gold demand slid by 15 per cent last year, due to large-scale outflows from ETFs, as confidence in the US economy improved. But the battle over Crimea’s sovereignty – coupled with worries surrounding China’s credit market – have triggered a recent pick-up in the gold price and should cause it to rally further in the near term, according to the broker’s research. “We believe the recent strength in the gold price is the result of a robust physical demand and a pick up in investment demand as indicated by the first significant rise in exchange traded fund (ETF) gold holdings in 15 months,” it added. Canaccord is revising its estimates across the (gold) board. African Barrick Gold also gets its seal of approval and even Egypt-focused Centamin is a “speculative buy” despite an ongoing legal dispute. “Our average 2014-2018 gold price assumption rises six per cent to US$1,354 (£814)/oz, and long-term projection rises five per cent to US$1,455/oz,” said Canaccord. “This drives earnings per share upgrades and an average 25 per cent increase in target prices across our coverage.”

Just loaded up on the pullback. Excelent chance for newbies to get on board. BB cant see the Germans with 30% of their oil coming from Russia wanting to get involved in sanctions. Would prob kill off the Euro recovery.

Broker Views on HGM...... HIGHLAND GOLD MINING BROKER VIEWS Date Broker Recommendation Price Old target price New target price Notes 03 Mar WH Ireland Securities Outperform 65.50 - 75.00 Initiates/Starts 29 Jan Westhouse Securities Buy 65.50 80.00 80.00 Retains 13 Jan Numis Buy 65.50 110.00 80.00 Reiterates

HGM Technically the chart is very bullish having broken up positively from a Double Bottom chart pattern. http://chartattack.webs.com/highland%20Gold%202.jpg

Canaccord sees buying opportunity at African Barrick Gold after sell-off 12 March 2014 11:24 The 17 per cent share price slump of African Barrick Gold (ABG) has created a buying opportunity, according to Canaccord Genuity on Wednesday. The broker kept a 'buy' recommendation and 315p target price for ABG. Shares fell sharply on Tuesday after parent company Barrick Gold disposed of 41m shares - representing a 10% stake - to lower its holding to 63.9%. "We believe the magnitude of the price drop was exacerbated by the profit taking following the best performance among UK peers since mid-2013. The fall we think opens up a buying opportunity," said analysts Dmitry Kalachev and Peter Mallin-Jones. Among their key reasons to buy the stock, the analysts highlighted free cashflow (FCF) which is expected to average $230m per annum between 2015 and 2020. This translates into a FCF yield of 13% which is the highest among ABG's London-listed peers under Canaccord's coverage. Adding growth projects would see FCF rise to $280m per annum at a 16% yield. They also pointed to a robust balance sheet, strong production growth and easing upwards pressure on costs. Addressing recent speculation that Barrick Gold could move to sell-down its remaining stake, Kalachev and Mallin-Jones said ABG now represents only 7% of the parent company's annual production so even a total disposal of the entire 63.9% stake will improve Barrick's costs by only around 2%. "The sale at any cost in order to improve cost profile looks out of the question and this, we think, reduces the overhang risk from the remaining stake," they said. The stock, which hit a low of 229.3p in early trading on Wednesday, had trimmed losses to trade just 1.4% down at 246.5p by 11:45. BC Related Companies: ABG

HTY on the verge of a breakout and all time high. http://chartattack.webs.com/HTY.jpg

07 Mar 2014 Optimal Pay OPAY Numis Buy 491.63 501.00 - 600.00 Reiterates SP TARGET 600p.

HTY. All looks positive to me after the good results......... HELLERMANNTYTON GROUP BROKER VIEWS Date Broker Recommendation Price Old target price New target price Notes 06 Mar Goldman Sachs Buy 321.60 370.00 390.00 Reiterates 05 Mar Canaccord Genuity Buy 321.60 330.00 370.00 Reiterates 05 Mar JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 321.60 - - Reiterates 04 Mar JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 321.60 360.00 370.00 Reiterates 03 Mar Numis Add 321.60 340.00 340.00 Reiterates Outlook (from results 3 March 2014) 2014 has started well as the Group continues to focus on delivering growth through broadly based initiatives. Global industrial production is forecast to increase in 2014, and we expect to benefit from this given our focus on providing innovative solutions for our industrial customer base. In addition, we anticipate being able to carry on taking advantage of a number of positive underlying structural drivers, including the increasing demand for power and data and the ongoing switch from metal to plastic. Our programme of capital investment is designed to ensure we continue to deliver sustainable growth.

Off to a positive start to the day.

COUNTRYWIDE PLC Chart Breakout today on good volume. Lower indicators looking positive. http://chartattack.webs.com/cwd.jpg

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