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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: Edge Resources (EDG) Recent bear trap / RSI rebound from 40 could trigger a new…

The success of the QE measures rolled out by the Fed over the last five years can be debated until the cows come home. For some, they have been the biggest peace time boon to their net wealth in history. To others (90%+) it has been of no discernible overall benefit aside from debtors with…

FTSE 100 United Utilities (UU.) – Current trading is in line with expectations. Revenue has increased, reflecting the regulated price rise for 2014/15, partly offset by the previously announced special customer discount of c£20 million which has been applied to this year’s bills. Pearson (PSON) – Adjusted operating profit, excluding Mergermarket, of £73 million for…

Take a good look at below.  It is a measure of the S&P500’s equity returns over subsequent 10 year periods for a given CAPE Shiller PE band measure based on data from the last 100 years. At the current level of 25 times then good luck with your long only index funds for the next…

The man the Daily Mail dubbed “The King of the Short Sellers”, Evil Knievil (aka Simon Cawkwell) is Britain’s most feared bear-raider. A big man with a bigger reputation, Evil Knievil famously made £1 million by short selling shares in Northern Rock during its collapse. He also uses his knowledge and experience to buy shares,…

It can be safely said that, as far as UK equity indices are concerned, there is effectively only one that most investors are interested in following on a regular basis. However, while the FTSE 100 is king, there is merit in looking at various parts of the broader market in order to try and get…

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: Xcite Energy (XEL) Extended consolidation with two higher lows above 60p. Latest breakout above 20 day…

FTSE 100 easyJet (EZJ) – Total revenue grew by 8.6% to £1,240 million, passengers carried increased by 9.4% to 17.9 million, and the load factor increased by 2.2 percentage points to 90.4% in the three month to June. SABMiller (SAB) – Group net producer revenue grew by 6% and group NPR per hectolitre (hl) grew…

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: Kea Petroleum (KEA) Bull flag consolidation either side of 200 day moving average at 1.87p. Latest…