by Zak Mir The life of the Editor of Spreadbet Magazine has its moments, in terms of the luxury lifestyle and mixing with multi-millionaire fund managers and speculators of the City of London. However, I had hoped that the “rock star” lifestyle would have happened to me in my 20s, along with the “live fast…
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While equity markets have gathered some speed over the last week, as central banks continue to boost the global growth of money stock, it seems that not everyone is happy with the world’s future prospects. While the Michigan Consumer Sentiment indicator is increasing to record levels, global business confidence measures are decreasing to their lowest…
FTSE 100 Severn Trent (SVT) – underlying pre-tax profits up by 10.3% at £155.8 million in the six months to September, dividend up by 5.6% at 33.96p per share. Kingfisher (KGF) – total retail profit down by 11.8% at £225 million in the 13 weeks to 1st November. Rolls Royce (RR.) – has been awarded…
The Markets In a new report examining employment trends in the UK private sector The British Chamber of Commerce has said that there is a shortage of local talent in the UK and that businesses believe that migrants have better work ethics. The BCC study found that 45% of UK businesses employ migrant workers, although…
Recent share price weakness in converged telecoms services provider Alternative Networks (AN.) could be an opportunity for investors looking for growth at a reasonable price. With an enviable track record of consistent profitable growth since its inception in 1994, the company has also become a savvy acquirer of companies that augment its skill set and…
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CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO VIEW TODAY’S VIDEO Spreadbet Magazine editor Zak Mir takes a look at the technical position of some of the bulletin board stocks of the moment amongst private investors. Here are the key points from today’s video: Audioboom (BOOM) The shares have consolidated via a higher low for November versus last…
I have to admit that I do not read www.ft.com quite as much as I should largely due to time issues. Therefore, it tends to be the Saturday Financial Times which gets the greatest attention. However, this week’s revelation on FT.com regarding the activities of hedge fund Tiger Global were certainly an eye opener, and…
FTSE 100 BT Group (BT.A) – has received expressions of interest from shareholders in two UK mobile network operators, of which one is O2, about a possible transaction in which BT would acquire their UK mobile business. AstraZeneca (AZN) – Duaklir Genuair has been granted Marketing Authorisation by the European Commission (EC) to be used…
