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How safe is BP’s dividend?

By Robert Sutherland Smith It is easy to understand why BP shares moved 2.4% better to 448p after the results. Even…

Wednesday’s Stock Market report featuring Tesco, Sky, Victrex and Conviviality Retail

The Markets In a new paper issued by the think tank this morning, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has estimated…

Peter Lynch, Fidelity’s legendary portfolio manager

by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a new series for SBM Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative…

FTSE 100: Laughing At The Doomsters?

By Zak Mir The story of the FTSE 100 so far this century has been one of mixed fortunes. While…

The Evil Diaries: In-tray sentimentality

Evil discusses Orosur Mining, Moneysupernarket, Which?, Prince Charles and his in-tray… I got a call from Pablo Marcet, the exploration…

The Limpopo dispatches: the black magic of markets.

Edition Number I, February 2015 By Robert Sutherland Smith. In his debut piece for SpreadBetMagazine, Robert Sutherland Smith imparts a…

Tuesday’s Stock Market report featuring Britvic, BP, Ocado and Tracsis

The Markets The European Commission has widened its investigation of improper corporate tax behaviour to include Belgium, saying that the…

Market madness with the Badger of Broad Street

Markets seem to have gone utterly mad! Bond yields across the globe are close to zero or negative, suggesting we…

ECB Collateral Damage

In a blog published the day before the ECB announced its asset purchase programme, rather than speculating on how much…

James Faulkner’s small cap of the week is Software Radio Technology

Software Radio Technology (SRT) has long been a favourite among hopeful private investors, but thus far it hasn’t been smooth…