While the world has been very vocal in terms of the promised and actual sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin seems to be completely unperturbed and is continuing to go about his business as he sees fit. While certain politicians believe that they can inflict irreparable damage to Russia, thus far Putin and his administration appear…
We look set for a volatile day of trading on global stock markets as manufacturing PMI figures are released from countries around the world. Throughout the night, China reported an eight-month low HSBC Manufacturing figure of 48.0, down from February’s figure of 48.5 and showing a contraction in the sector for Q1. The Australian dollar…
For those readers that weren’t around in the 1990’s, from an equity perspective, the latter half were crazy years! With most “anal”-ysts (yes, them again!) expecting just just mild equity gains after a storming run from the 1987 crash that was punctuated with a few 10-20% correction bouts, markets, as ever, confounded the majority, shooting…
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It would appear that now Xcite Energy is starting to “do a Gulf Keystone” in terms of a renewed sharp share price breakdown. Just how do we square the price action with the massive reserves this company is sitting on? And will the likes of Bowleven and Falkland Oil & Gas suffer at the…
Ever heard of one Anthony Davian? No, neither had we until last week. But this 34 year old “fund manager” has been catching publicity for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks… A bit like our old friend the fraudster “Miss Daytrader” aka Dave Robertson/Warren Needell/The BigSexyCool (who is the seeming friend of Mr Jason…
A few weeks ago we wrote a blog on the GSR or Gold:Silver Ratio, and which you may recall is effectively the exchange rate of Gold expressed in Silver – much like the value of the Pound Sterling expressed in US Dollars or indeed the Euro. Regular readers may recall that we commented on the…
April is historically the strongest month throughout the year, posting on average a whopping return of 2.5% for the month. However, data below reveals that at this point in the Presidential cycle returns have been the lowest over the subsequent quarters. Which will win out this month and will the historic record hold as we…
Asian markets started the week in positive territory, pinning high hopes on China stimulus. With recent data showing the Chinese economy is not performing as well as hoped, investors are holding onto speculation China would take steps to stimulate its economy. European futures are scheduled to follow suit, indicating a higher open ahead of a…
