Contrarian Investor UK

Bernanke speech is the focus for market watchers but fireworks unlikely

The markets are very much fixated on the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke’s, keynote speech tomorrow at Jackson Hole, Wyoming…

Xcite Energy – odds of corporate activity shortening as share price lengthens

Editor Update (16:11PM) - Very happy holding here. Looks like a nice strong close is in the bag and bodes…

Borders and Southern makes retrace and begins to look an interesting play again

It’s been a rough couple of days for Borders and Southern with a fall back from 32p to 23p at…

Looking at GDP growth rates….maybe Iceland were smart in avoiding the “too big to fail” tag

Back in 2008 and 2009, the UK and Irish governments threw serious amounts of tax payer money to bail out…

BHP Billiton boss says that commodity prices have further to fall

The Chinese Shanghai Composite Index continued its precipitous decline yesterday, closing down over 1% at 2,065 - now 6% in…

Duster number 2 for Range Resources and Red Emperor in Puntland

    As widely predicted, its bad news (yet again) for the consortium of Range Resources, Red Emperor and Horn…

What next for Borders and Southern after condensate announcement?

I came across an interesting perspective on South Falklands oil explorer, Borders and Southern, following the announcement of the estimated…

It’s the “Gunfight at the OK Corral” in the technology space right now

  As has been much reported on this blog, the balance of power within the computer industry continues to shift…

Borders commercial gas condensate find bodes well for Falklands dream

Its sure been a topsy turvy couple of years for investors in the Falklands Islands oil explorers. Rockhopper managed to…

Federal Reserve makes it clear it’ll do what it takes to keep the US economy motoring

Renewed stimulus seems to be very much back on the agenda giving stock market indices a boost today. Yesterday’s weak…