In the latest edition of our magazine that is just out, we have made what is a brave call on shorting gold for 2013, principally based on an earlier exit from the loose monetary policies and quantative easing measures by the Fed ending sometime before the market currently thinks. Well, in the minutes of the…
04 Jan 2013 For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen starting the day around unchanged today UK Corporate Announcements Marshalls states that it has taken steps to reduce its fixed costs and debt, and details that full year…
See below from the latest RNS. I must admit that Richard Griffith (who is a clever chap) CEO of ORA is playing a very smart game here. If he isn’t to bid for the balance equity then they have created a very “squeezable” stock dynamic with a small free-float now and most people still underwater…
After a cracking start to 2012, equity markets suddenly turned negative in late March and experienced declines amounting to 20% from their year highs in certain cases. Rhetoric coming from European leaders could no longer sustain the anxiety investors were perspiring, and with a lack of solid solutions to put an end to the sovereign…
Drilling down to the Daily chart we can see how following the sell-off through to May the price had rallied back to the February 2012 highs, a full 100% retracement. Since then it has posted a bearish trading range, red region, and has once again moved back in to the retracement levels highlighted, red lines.…
03 Jan 2013 For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Cantor Opening Call After the strong start to the year yesterday the FTSE is seen starting the day today up around 10 points higher UK Corporate Announcements Next announces that its sale has started…
Byron’s Ten Surprises for 2013 are as follows: 1. Iran announces it has adequate enriched uranium to produce a nuclear-armed missile and the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms the claim. Sanctions, the devaluation of the currency, weak economic conditions and diplomacy did not stop the weapons program. The world must deal with Iran as a nuclear…
For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. In the past few weeks we have highlighted how the FTSE has broken down through its previous bullish trading channel. We mentioned at the time however that a trend line break does not necessarily equal a trend change, and that…
One of the biggest leveraged hedge funds in the world got hit with a 2×4 during the 4th Qtr. This fund has a mixed bag of assets, but was heavily exposed to big FX positions. The fund made a big “bet” recently when they went short EURYEN. This turned sour in a very big way; the…
I have never been big on politicians, even though it could be argued that this is just sour grapes on my part, being robbed of the chance to live out egomaniacal dreams, fiddle expenses and then get a knighthood/peerage! Sadly these do not look yet to be part of my career plan… One of the…
