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Bulletin board “ghouls” and my despair at human nature…

Bulletin board “ghouls” and my despair at human nature…

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Below I print, in all it’s glory, a comment from one of our “readers” going by the handle of “another bad call”. “lcg crashed -NOT A WORD MENTIONEDphytopharm recommended at 10p price 1p STOP GIVING TIPS JOKERS AVM-heavily buying 27pprice 21p delete this post quick ALWAS HAPPY TO MENTION THE WINNERS EH? NOT A WORD…

US dollar strength continues to confound in face of QE Infinity…

US dollar strength continues to confound in face of QE Infinity…

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Since the turn of the year, and against analysts’ expectations (once again!), the US dollar has been rising against all the major currencies. The Yen and the Pound are the major losers against the greenback but the dollar’s gain is broad-based against pretty much every other pair. With the US equity market rising 10$, why…

NEOS Resources – Mr Rudofsky meet Mr John Teeling…

NEOS Resources – Mr Rudofsky meet Mr John Teeling…

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For those of you who are unfamiliar with the shocking and sorrowful (but not by the consecutive Directors of the company that have been in situ over the years it seems) story that is NEOS Resources, check out the Blog tab on the right. In the space of 36 hours the stock has risen almost…

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

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15 Mar 13 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen opening up around 10 points higher today   UK Corporate Announcements Rentokil Initial announces Q4 revenues of £663.2m and an adjusted operating profit of £74.1m and sees full year revenues of £2.55bn up 2.8% Bwin.Party reports pro forma revenues fell 2% to €801.6m and sees…

Zak Mir’s midweek missive – High Street Heroes  And Villains

Zak Mir’s midweek missive – High Street Heroes And Villains

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In another example of the collective worth (or not as is the case) of front page financial journalism, the proclamation of the Death of the High Street in the financial press in the autumn of 2011 unleashed one of the  greatest rebounds in this area of the stock, as anyone who has been following the…

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

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14 Mar 2013 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is called to open flat to just a touch higher this morning   UK Corporate Announcements Home Retail details total Argos sales gained 4.3% to £501m,  ahead of the forecasts, while Homebase fell 2.8% also just inside Ocado announces 12 week gross sales of £185.5m up 14.4%…

Euro technical analysis courtesy of Cantor Index

Euro technical analysis courtesy of Cantor Index

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The daily chart details how the euro rallied from the 2012 lows, at 1.203, through to the highs last month at 1.3711. Following the breach of this strong trend, red line, the currency has slipped down to the retracement lines calculated over this move, red lines. The price action has just posted some near term…