The 2014 Stock Market Almanac – Seasonality analysis and studies of market anomalies to give you an edge in the year ahead by Stephen Eckett A book review by Richard Gill Almanacs are ancient publications, traditionally associated with providing detailed facts and figures on a particular subject. What I also associate them with is their focus…
CLICK THE VIDEO ABOVE TO VIEW It could very well be that the big Chinese / Japanese indices get something of a double whammy in terms of the present breakdown of the Western markets via Tapering and Emerging markets investment outflows. What will be of particular interest is whether the extended decline for the Shanghai…
‘A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members’ – David Coblitz Where are you going to be at 12.45pm London time on Thursday? In this volatile period in financial markets, arguably the most important data point this week is the publication of the European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate…
Risers: Aeorema Communications +12.60% Aeorema Communications has today reported a 97% increase in half-year pretax profit to £225,941, up from £114,460 a year ago. The aim listed agency also posted revenue of £1.8m compared to £1.7m. Richland Resources +11.11% Gemstone specialists Richland Resources have today signed a memorandum of understanding with Kibaran Resources. The understanding…
…then investors have had a pretty bad start so far and the million, nay multi trillion dollar question is – is this just the beginning? The major global equity indices all plunged in unison on Monday by the most amount in months, declining to levels last seen before the taper announcement in December. Many commentators…
Though making money is important, that’s not the be-all and end-all behind smart investment strategies. Just think about the common phrase “a dollar saved is a dollar earned.” Success in trading and investing means you need to be aware of both the upside and downside risks, such as we are seeing now as the stock…
Wall Street bounced back late last night after a surge of bargain hunters bought up cheap stock. Encouraging earnings from a number of US corporations also helped the index rebound from its largest selloff in months. The S&P has fallen nearly 3 percent over the previous two sessions, the worse selloff since June 2013. The…
So, it seems that our bear call at the beginning of the year was not only bold but somewhat prescient. Having to argue the case with pretty much all and sundry including every contributor to this publication told me everything I personally needed to know about the markets likely near term direction, namely that the…
From Bank of America: Sentiment an equity market risk: II % Bears dropped to 14.1% = too few bears Even with the increased volatility since mid-January, there are still too few bears out there based on Investors Intelligence (II) % Bears. The most recent survey reading as of January 24 was 15.3% vs. 15.1% the prior…
There are many indicators that can give us an idea about where key stock indices may be headed. It may seem obvious, but always remember that nothing is certain until it happens. As I say quite often in these pages, trying to predict the exact top and bottom on key stock indices can significantly…
