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QUICK SNIPPEt – SWING LONG TAKEN ON IBEX @ 6400

Keep the leverage under control and be ready (and able) to go again should the downdraft extend this afternoon.

And another ‘rogue trader’ to enter the hall of fame – Knight Capital looking to raise capital after a $440m loss

Trading firm Knight Capital is being forced to raise money after an erroneous trading position wiped out $440 million of…

“supermario” doesn’t live upto his name and disappoints

Quick snippet - European markets have done a large volte face on Mario Draghi’s comments and the standing pat of…

somebody been reading our mouchel blog today? mr simon fox finally does the honourable thing and resigns (shame its after destroying £1bn of shareholder value)

Todays RNS from HMV -  HMV Group plc today announces the appointment of Trevor Moore as Chief Executive in succession…

FTSE TECHNICAL OVERVIEW FROM CANTOR CAPITAL

  Last week we felt that the bearish argument had not been won, despite the minor panic when Spanish yields…

mouchel – a tale of executive incompetence and greed that shareholders in lots of small cap ‘zombie’ companies should pay heed of

The story of public services contractor Mouchel is another stain on the record of quoted UK equity. How the management of…

NEW OPENING LONG POSITION TAKEN IN GBPAUD @ 1.4900 – TARGET 1.53

Below is a chart of the once mighty pound against the seemingly all conquering Australian dollar. We can see a…

SBM AVOCET MINING TRADING BUY CLOSED AT 78P

We turned buyers of Avocet just over 3 weeks ago at the 65p level and following todays interim results that…

An SBM analysis of Spanish & Italian equities – is it time to go all in?

Investors and traders have been anxiously waiting for an opportunity to return to equity markets with full strength, especially to…

SBM NOKIA TRADING BUY CLOSED @ $2.37 FOR An almost 50% UNGEARED RETURN IN 2 WEEKS

In another example of how you should (nearly) always lean against the crowd at the very end of an extreme…