CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY ENTIRELY FOR FREE (& RETAILING AT OVER £11 ON AMAZON) Looking for an edge in your trading this year and perhaps to learn from history? Below is a sample section from the 2014 Almanac which has extensive studies of seasonality trends and anomalies that traders can exploit…
2013 was a brutal year for precious metals investors. Santiago Capital’s Brent Johnson begins his excellent presentation “#$1%!k##!!***#$$” with a mea culpa for the worst year in a dozen even as Santiago topped the list of precious metals funds. But crucially, Brent points out, “it is only half-time” in this fight and “if gold investors…
In an interview in Copenhagen on January 9, the much derided and staunch monetarist Paul Krugman expressed his concerns about an economic disaster potentially waiting to happen that is presently under the radar for many. That is the credit situation if the Scandinavian countries, and in particular Sweden and Denmark – both of whom have…
Risers: JQW PLC +14.93% Chinese based AIM listed e-commerce company, JQW PLC, has today told investors that full year sales and pretax profit will beat market expectations. The company currently has full year sales of ¥400m. Brain Juicer +12.15% Brain Juicer Group has today revealed pretax profit is to be substantially higher than market expectations. The…
Although the great and the good of the financial world may be warning of a top, I and my fellow TA commentator Dominic Picarda see only a continuation of soaring indices. Of course there is the potential for a banana skin such as a continuation of the tapering in the US that may kill off…
Increasing optimism is dangerous for key stock indices. Sadly, this is exactly what we’re seeing in the markets right now. It is very evident wherever you look. Stock advisors are saying, “Just buy stocks, and you will do alright.” Investors feel good about stocks. Those who were bearish on the key stock indices since the…
In another blow to the world’s second largest economy, Chinese factory output and investment growth probably slowed in December with investors now fearing that the recovery is losing steam. Additionally, Chinese industrial-production gains slowed to a five-month low of 9.8 percent and gross domestic product grew 7.6 percent from a year earlier in the October-December…
We print below on behalf of Chris Boxall. As a supporter of cleaning up crony capitalism and the shocking antics that occur on AIM we are only too pleased to lend our support to this cause. Investors in AIM quoted companies should generally have experienced stellar returns in 2013 with the ISA rule changes on…
Risers: Halfords +7.32% Automotive and leisure retailer, Halfords Group, has today reported a 5.2% increase in like-for-like revenue for the 15 weeks to 10 Jan. Halfords added the company’s full year expectations are to stay the same. Total revenue for the 15 weeks was up 6.6%. Computacenter +3.84% IT infrastructure provider, Computacenter PLC, has today…
Doesn’t it seem sometimes that everything is going up in price? Inflation is relentless whatever governments may say. Want to have a guess what the decline in the purchasing power of the US Dollar has been since the Federal Reserve was established in December 1913? Pat yourself on the back if you said 96%. That’s…
