Contrarian Investor UK

Hedge fund guru, David Einhorn on central bank quantitative easing and bet on gold

David Einhorn An interesting read from Greenlight Capital funds quarterly newsletter last year highlighting some of the issues the world may…

Who will be the technology winners and losers of the future?

The technology landscape is currently in major transition. From an era dominated by the desktop PC to one where smartphones…

Facebook posts strong earnings but slips in after hours trade

Facebook shares dIpped 3.5% to just over $30 a share last night after reporting fourth quarter earnings after the close…

U.S. fourth quarter GDP comes in with surprise 0.1% drop

The latest U.S. GDP shows that the economy contracted 0.1% in Q4 againgst expectations of a 1.1% increase, driven by a…

Borders and Southern spurts higher on operational update

South Falkland oil and gas explorer, Borders and Southern (BOR) are up 13.5% to 27p this morning after an operational…

Fox-Davies get more optimistic on Xcite Energy

Some interesting new commentary from the latest fact sheet from broker Fox-Davies on Xcite Energy. It looks like they now…

Optimism on Apple turns to despair as bearish view prevails right now

  Despite reporting an 18% jump in revenue to $54.5 billion and net income of $13.1 billion for the period…

Google and IBM come up trumps as technology earnings move into focus

So far so good from the big technology companies fourth quarter 2012 earnings as Google and IBM came in with…

Chariot Oil and Gas bounces strongly. Insiders positioning for positive news?

Another good day for Namibia and Morocco focused oil explorer, Chariot oil and gas, creeping up  a further 11% to…

Plenty of earnings news from big tech this week

Plenty of earnings action this week from across the pond, particularly in the big cap technology space. Factset’s latest report…