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Have Man Group shares found a floor?

Have Man Group shares found a floor?

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Most followers of Man Group will readily concede the shares are cheap and that they trade at almost the liquidation value of the Company. The key questions are –  (a) Will the dividend be cut? The shares are trading on an unheard of for a recent FTSE 100 stock of just under 15% – if…

a complete overview of where we are in the markets courtesy of fatprophets

a complete overview of where we are in the markets courtesy of fatprophets

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Stocks rose on most of the major bourses yesterday despite Angela Merkel’s comments that the summit would produce little in the way borrowing relief for Spain and Italy, which are facing soaring interest rates. The markets instead focused on some surprisingly positive U.S. economic data that demand for long-lasting manufactured goods rose much more than expected in…

FTSE key TECHNICAL LEVELS

FTSE key TECHNICAL LEVELS

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Cash prices 6th resistance 5700 61.8% Fib retracement 5th resistance 5630 Previous resistance line 4th resistance 5624 Previous high 3rd resistance 5581 200-day moving average 2nd resistance 5545 Previous support line 1st resistance 5525 Yesterday’s high 1st support 5515 55-90min moving average 2nd support 5447 Yesterday’s low 3rd support 5435 Previous low 4th support 5427…

A negative take on Research in Motion ahead of todays Q1 results

A negative take on Research in Motion ahead of todays Q1 results

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High hopes remain (including from the editor of this magazine!) that the rescue strategy for Research In Motion would be for someone to simply buy the company. There has been, at various times, idle speculation about a wide-range of intriguing potential suitors – Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon! But nothing ever comes of these rumors, and for certain…

high expectations heading into eurozone summit

high expectations heading into eurozone summit

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The market is currently in limbo land adopting a “wait and see” approach ahead of the important EU summit on June 28-29th. Historians will one day look back at this summit as defining, because Europe really is now at a crossroads of utmost importance. The agenda will be broad and should range from specific steps toward…

wORDLINK SEES CONTINUED SPECULATION IN ITS STOCK PRICE

wORDLINK SEES CONTINUED SPECULATION IN ITS STOCK PRICE

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UPDATE (1) – Another half mill shares traded right off the bat… The stock is sitting right on the resistance line at 10p. Below is a chart that shows no real resistance until the 20p level – which interestingly is just around the 1/3 fibonacci retracement level. An RNS looks ever more likely, certainly if…

fRED GOODWIN (NOTE – NOT ‘SIR’) TO GET HIS COMEUPPANCE?

fRED GOODWIN (NOTE – NOT ‘SIR’) TO GET HIS COMEUPPANCE?

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The ubiquitous Mr Goodwin If Jeff Skilling of Enron fame can be serving 24 years 4 months in jail (and a decent sized fine of $45 million for good measure), all because he misled investors, then quite why our UK banksters couldn’t be pursued on similar grounds is completely beyond us…?  The scandals of RBS, Northern Rock,…

Key technical levels for the FTSE 100

Key technical levels for the FTSE 100

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Cash prices 7th resistance 5700 61.8% Fib retracement 6th resistance 5630 Previous resistance line 5th resistance 5624 Previous high 4th resistance 5580 200-day moving average 3rd resistance 5530 Previous support line 2nd resistance 5511 55-90min moving average 1st resistance 5477 Yesterday’s high 1st support 5436 Yesterday’s low 2nd support 5435 Previous low 3rd support 5427…

Euro breaks to downside – 1.175 target

Euro breaks to downside – 1.175 target

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As Cyprus boards the bailout bandwagon and another Eurozone summit beckons, the Euro continues its struggles against adversity and technically looks to be firmly rooted on the losing side versus a few other major currencies. EUR/USD has been in a downtrend since breaking the neckline of the triangle pattern at 1.3000. June began well for…