Adrian Kempton-Cumber

Technical Recession

If anyone remembers the Market Sector Cycle that goes through the market ‘seasons’ – early expansion, late expansion, early contraction…

Royal BS

The best description I’ve heard of a bank is “someone who will lend you an umbrella, but if it starts…

Defence and Retail – Lockheed Martin, BAE and Sports Direct

Last time I wrote about Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) it was in my magazine article “War! What Is It Good For?…

Oil, IAG and BP

So a fairly predictable overshoot in Crude Light, past the $35 I was expecting to $30. I read today that…

European markets and the FTSE

In my last post I looked at the Dow Jones. The US economy and markets are stronger than the UK.…

Dow H+S shoulders complete

It is so easy to fall into the trap of getting it right a few times, and then thinking you…

Can the Markets Be Terrorised?

As seen in the January edition of Master Investor Magazine. One of the unfortunate things about 24 hour news is…

What does the Average True Range (ATR) tell us?

I’m always sceptical when I see headlines like the one on the Beeb website Business section today: “FTSE 100 Soars…

Is it time to short cable?

Whenever you say ‘short cable’ some joker will say “actually, Vince Cable is quite tall”. It may be time to…

Should you take heed of RBS’s market warning?

RBS has issued a warning that the coming year is not about return on capital, but return of capital. Should…