While some may find that life on AIM can be a little rocky at times, my take on the best way to flourish in this particular space is to focus on situations where the market has already got the bit between its teeth – momentum plays. This may mean that one is focusing on the…
I have only been to the U.S. once. It was in 1991, to Los Angeles, just before Rodney King was beaten up. California, apart from the LAPD, struck me as a great place. But you would not want to get on the wrong side of the law. Indeed, given the totally one-sided extradition rules, even…
I have to state that even at the start of the era of the present brand of corporate structure with the cult of CEO, the human resources departments, core and non core business, and all the other phoney transatlantic phrases and concepts which are bandied about, it can be seen from the recent history of…
Although it is clear that UK technology companies can hold their own on the world stage, there is at least a significant problem in terms of ratings and at least appreciation amongst investors. The problem is that while this state of affairs looks as though it is a cultural problem as much as anything else,…
What is interesting about the chart gap – an area of untraded prices either day to day or intraday – is that it is still relatively underused and misunderstood, especially given relative importance. This idea stems from the way that gaps have a tendency to be reliable as both predictive charting features, and as decent…
I have been reminded of the giants of the U.S. new economy in the wake of the latest spat between Google (GOOG) and the EU, where the latter has been accusing the search engine pioneer of abusing its dominant position in the market. This has apparently been particularly so with regard to shopping searches. But…
It would appear that judging by the financial press and various other “informed” sources, we are all apparently experts on the groceries sector, if only on the basis that we all shop there. Therefore armchair opinions of all varieties are offered to the ether in terms of how Tesco should turn itself around, or how…
Whether you prefer to stick to the blue chips or not, something which can clearly be an advantage as far as following the second line UK stocks is the way that on a day to day basis there tends to be much less volatility in this space due to macro economic or geopolitical worries. Of…
The AIM market seems to be a place which has a Marmite following: you either love it or hate it. That said, even the worst enemy of the concept would probably deliver a grudging thumbs-up of the concept if a particular stock they are holding in this space is soaring, in the manner of the…
One of the “pleasant” problems of the moment is that with the FTSE 100 seemingly heading to new higher ranges, we are faced with the tough decision of attempting to work out which of the blue chips to buy into to get exposure to this move? At this same time one does not want to…
