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Apple, still the most valuable company in the world with a market value of $510 billion, has seen its shares slide more than 20 percent from a record $705.07 in September on a myriad of investors concerns. They include worries over price cuts and shrinking profit margins, the ability of Apple CEO Tim Cook and…

It could pay to apply close attention to how the market performs this month. The January Barometer refers to the fact that the market’s performance in January is a good indicator for how it’s going to perform the entire rest of the year. Using data since 1950, the table below shows Dow Jones Industrial Average…

UPDATE – MON 08:15AM – Looks like someone’s reading our blog and denying us the chance thus far to fill our boots sub 60p.  Fridays after hours RNS by RPO management was a bit of a surprise to say the least… After a positive statement on the 19th November in which CEO Don Wolcott re-affirmed…

For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Week commencing 7 Jan 2013 Monday, January 7, 2013 UK Reporting:- Aegis Group Plc, AGS, (Pr), Afren Plc, AFR, (Pr), Astrazeneca Plc, AZN, (Pr), Barclays Plc, BARC, (Pr), Cairn Energy Plc, CNE, (Pr), Costain Group Plc, COST, (R), Easyjet Plc, EZJ,…

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Whilst reading this morning’s newspapers and the revelation that Wonga.com has been forced to write off a whacking 41% of revenues in bad debts (so much for selective, stringent lending procedures eh…?!), it led me to a related news story regarding the fraudulent UBS trader – Kewku Adoboli and the revelation that he lost £123,000…

There are many things that beggar belief in the 21st century, including what our collective ideas of morality (clue – we have none), values (X Factor contestants!), our betters (X Factor judges!) and money (load of printing of it via QE) are. Indeed, it is ironic that after the great asset bubble of 2003 –…

Obama v Boehner!  On the first day of 2013, the US Congress finally settled the so called “Fiscal Cliff” issue that had hung over the markets in the dying days of 2012. The deal has, thus far, been seen as positive and markets have reacted very enthusiastically registering gains that have taken them back towards…

04 Jan 2013 For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Euro Monthly The euro monthly chart above shows how the currency has had a relatively strong performance over the past 10 years despite the wider concerns in the past few years.  Retracement levels can often prove useful…

We hope to maintain our 90% success ratio (how many can match that – “anal”ysts and other publications?!) this year and kick of 2013 with a new Trade play in our old friend, the “sterling-Oz” pair. The pound remains around 25% undervalued against the Ozzie, and as you can see from the weekly chart below,…