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Silver a More Profitable Investment Than Gold This Year?

Gold bullion gets a lot of attention in the financial media and economists talk about it regularly. Sadly, another precious…

Gulf Keystone wins court case brought by Excalibur

RNS just out on the stock du jour - GKP -  Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) (“Gulf Keystone” or…

Risers & Fallers courtesy of Spreadex

Risers  Easyjet, +3.87% Shares in Easyjet have surged after announcing plans to offer  limited all-inclusive passenger tickets for the first…

Forward guidance: Is it too early for a requiem?

We have written recently on the increasing likelihood of a rise in UK interest rates coming sooner rather than later…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 10/09/13

In its longest winning streak since December last year, the MSCI Pacific Index rose for a ninth day  as Chinese…

chart du jour – so much for hedge funds and their “alpha”

The chart below is very interesting to us as it shows that hedge funds en bloc are essentially index trackers.…

King Canute and “The Market Sniper”

Over the weekend I turned 47. This is not a great milestone, granted, but the events of the past year…

Gold Shorts Run For Cover

John Paulson is no doubt scratching his head right now and philosophizing on just how wicked the markets can be…

Risers & Fallers courtesy of Spreadex

Risers: CSR, up 5% CSR upgraded to buy from hold at Liberum Capital who also upgrade their price target to…

Slight uptick in fear; is a possible buying opportunity brewing?

Towards the end of the week, I caught a Tweet which said that the latest French bond auction was the…