– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,631.00, an increase of 75.72 points. – The FTSE 250 rose by 124.92 points to finish at 17,512.81. – The FTSE All Share grew by 38.41 points to 3,618.45. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished flat at 749.16. Tullow Oil (TLW) will not pay an interim…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,555.28, an increase of 50.15 points. – The FTSE 250 rose by 120.33 points to finish at 17,387.89. – The FTSE All Share grew by 25.56 points to 3,580.04. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.39 points higher at 749.16. The UK Economy grew by 0.7%…
Eugene Fama has spent his life collecting evidence and theorising markets’ rationality. He believes that even if there are some naive investors in the market, who just trade for the sake of it, there is at least one group of informed investors that will drive prices to fundamental values and eliminate any price distortions. Under…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,505.13, a decrease of 74.68 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 231.55 points to 17,267.56. – The FTSE All Share sank 41.43 points to 3,554.48. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 7.16 points lower at 747.76. The Chinese stock market saw its biggest falls since…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,579.81, a fall of 75.20 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 119.99 points and finished at 17,499.11. – The FTSE All Share sank 8.47 points to 3,631.05. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.36 points lower at 754.92. Lonmin (LMI) shares tumbled 17.88% to 62p…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,650.40, a decrease of 16.94 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 31.45 points to 17,614.20. – The FTSE All Share dropped 8.47 points to 3,631.05. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 2.90 points higher at 756.30. Unilever (ULVR) beat forecasts for the quarter ended 30th…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,669.10, down 99.97 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 114.01 points to 17,641.88. – The FTSE All Share sank 47.87 points to 3,640.07. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 4.61 points higher at 753.60. Johnson Matthey (JMAT) recorded a 1% drop in pre-tax profits for…
You may not know that profit warnings have hit a 6-year high in the UK. Of course, some companies blame exchange rates, others low oil prices, but I think it’s something else. The list of companies is diverse and tends to imply a more structural problem. Balfour Beatty I mentioned the other week in a…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,775.08, a decrease of 21.37 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 9.46 points to 17,755.91. – The FTSE All Share declined 9.43 points to 3,690.58. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 0.08 points higher at 756.84. The German Bundestag has voted in favour of the…
“It is excellent to have a giants strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant…” Somewhere in Yoorp… Interviewer: Mr Draghi… you’re a central banker. After promising to extend yet more emergency money to Greek banks, a Euro 7bln bridge loan to repay yourself next week, and a new Euro 86bln 3rd…
