By Patrick Callaghan of Sporting Index Neighbours France and Germany do battle in a few hours’ time in the first of the World Cup quarter-finals. Both countries started the tournament in strong fashion, Germany dismantling Portugal 4-0 and France hitting eight goals in their first two games, but the pair haven’t had things go all…
by Dave Evans of binary.com US and Europe On Different Orbits If there was ever a day that highlighted the different trajectories of Europe and the US, yesterday was that day. The ECB rate decision came in unchanged on Thursday and the accompanying press conference offered few suprises. What it did do was to underline…
FTSE 100 easyJet (EZJ) – passenger numbers up 10.1% at 6,098,364 in June, load factor up 2.1 percentage points at 92%. William Hill (WMH) – announces the appointment of James Henderson as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 August 2014. He is appointed to the Board as CEO Designate with immediate effect. Rolls Royce (RR.)…
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 £1mn by short selling shares in Northern Rock during its collapse. He also uses his knowledge and experience to buy shares, often…
Click each image below to read the reports 1 YEAR RETURN TO 30 JUN 14 Titan Global Macro Fund (in £’s) + 158.94% MSCI World Index (in $’s) Benchmark + 20.71% Outperformance to date relative to benchmark + 138.23% 1 YEAR RETURN TO 30 JUN 14 Titan Natural Resources Fund (in £’s) + 104.49% FTSE…
CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO WATCH 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: Blinkx (BLNX) Unfilled gap to the downside after latest profit warning. Magnitude of decline suggests…
FTSE 100 Tullow Oil (TLW) – the Hanssen wildcat well, in production licence 537, offshore Norway, has encountered a 20-25 metre oil bearing sandstone with good reservoir properties in the main target (Stø Formation). RSA Insurance (RSA) – has reached agreement to sell Sun Alliance Insurance (China) Limited to Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. RSA will…
UPDATE 3:15PM – SPREADEX DECLARE THEIR HAND. Now an alternate approach is out in the open it is incumbent upon the Board of LCG to engage with Spreadex given the clear alternate cash value that, subject to DD, is on the table. The vote tomorrow should be at least postponed if not halted. UPDATE 10:30AM…
It is ironic that in the run-up to the alleged exit for the UK from the EU, a look at the supermarket sector reminds us of how, even though our federalist friends in Brussels interfered with many aspects of Great British life, they left many of the rip-off/cartel aspects well alone. The TV license and…
It’s a game of two halves. And global markets aren’t a beautiful game either. Now that we’ve got the distraction of England at the World Cup behind us, I deliberately held back on this week’s missive so we could put the first half of 2014 in perspective. Frankly, it wasn’t the best of games –…
