September is considered to be one of the most volatile months for the key stock indices. There are many reasons, including volume and trading activity going back to normal after summer. If you look back, you will find that some of the biggest crashes in the key stock indices we have seen were in this…
Asian stocks have declined overnight as investors gear up for today’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. The 2-day event is certain to install some trepidation in investors with the majority of economists surveyed of the belief that Fed policymakers will cut monthly bond buying by $10 billion to $75 billion per month. Global stocks surged to a…
The month of September has been quite impressive in spite of what the historical records were suggesting could happen. Everyone is clearly anxious to hear what the Federal Reserve will say at its two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting ending on Wednesday and whether Ben Bernanke will begin to taper the Federal Reserve’s bond…
Risers Barclays, +2.12% Barclays PLC was upgraded by investment analysts at Nomura to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors today. The firm currently has a 340p price target on the stock, up from their previous target price of 260p. Nomura’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 12.73% from the stock’s previous…
Readers of Spread Bet Magazine will be familiar with the case for Zanaga Iron Ore (ZIOC) shares, as it was our new Conviction Buy pick in the latest edition of our magazine (see pages 8-16 here – http://issuu.com/spreadbetmagazine/docs/spreadbet_mag_v20_generic). We believe that the announcements made on 13 Sep 2013 were game-changers for ZIOC and materially de-risked…
By Investment Contrarians Everyone gets a bit trigger happy when trading the stock market. But why not? The correct move could make you a lot of money in the stock market and a bigger pool of capital to trade on. This is the reason why I trade. I love making a trade and coming out…
The gaze of the financial world will be squarely upon the Federal Reserve come tomorrow when policymakers are due to discuss paring unprecedented bond purchases, known as quantitative easing. Significantly, Lawrence Summers has withdrawn from the race to be the next Federal Reserve chairman paving the way for Janet Yellen take up the reigns. Investors…
By Ben Turney. Well what a difference a year makes! This time last year and news that Spanish public debt was about to hit a new record would have sent markets reeling. Now, however, I expect them hardly to budge. The numbers out of Spain are truly awful. Unemployment is above 26% and youth unemployment…
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One of the benefits of writing a blog on finance and markets is that you have an excuse (if any were needed) to roam widely amongst the world of research and comment looking for points of interest. One such piece took my eye last night when I came across a tweet and related article about…
