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MARKET NEWS ROUND UP, UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES COURTESY OF CANTOR INDEX

MARKET NEWS ROUND UP, UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES COURTESY OF CANTOR INDEX

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12 Feb 2013 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen opening around unchanged today     UK Corporate Announcements Barclays announces that it is to cut 3,700 jobs and cut costs by £1.7bn by 2015 as it details a Q4 adjusted pre-tax profit of £326m down 19% United Drug states that it remains well positioned…

The Herbalife billionaire’s square off…

The Herbalife billionaire’s square off…

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Herbalife is a US listed company with a market value of $4 billion. It is fast becoming one of the most talked about stocks in the financial press as two high-profile, billionaire hedge fund managers – Daniel Loeb & Bill Ackman square off against each other with opposing positions. Someone must lose and it will be…

FTSE technical analysis overview courtesy of cantor index

FTSE technical analysis overview courtesy of cantor index

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FTSE DAILY CHART In the past couple of weeks the FTSE has posted some minor profit taking, bringing the index off the early 2013 highs. As yet no major technical damage has been done on this selling and the price action remains in the bullish trading range, which itself is an acceleration within the bullish…

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

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

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11 Feb 2013 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen opening around unchanged today     UK Corporate Announcements Telecom Plus states that it sees its full year results in line Kofax announces Q2 revenues fell 9% to $63.7m Fidessa states that it has made a solid performance in the challenging markets Smurfit Kappa states…

the concise guide to the week ahead courtesy of Cantor Index

the concise guide to the week ahead courtesy of Cantor Index

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Monday, February 11, 2013 UK Reporting: Fidessa Group Plc, FDSA, (R), Gcp Infrastructure Investmen, GCP, (SM), Kofax Plc, KFX, (R), Kofax Plc, KFX, e, (CC) S&P 500 Reporting: Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The, Q4, 2.405,  Loews Corp, Q4, 0.295,  Masco Corp, Q4, 0.006 Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting: Bilfinger SE, R, 6.137,  Boliden AB, R, 11.968,  Galp Energia SGPS SA,…

The January Effect revisited

The January Effect revisited

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Now that January, with its snow, dark days and post Xmas hangover is finally behind us, we thought we would re-evaluate its performance in light of the so called “January effect” and that we first covered here on Jan 12 – http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/blog/weekend-reading-as-goes-january-so-goes-the-rest-of-the-year.html. The piece was missing one essential piece of data – January 2013’s performance!…