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FTSE Fundamentals – Episode 2 of City Index’s very own “turtle” trading program – a must watch

A cracking episode with a lot of twists and turns that any active spreadbetter will relate to!

An interesting bit of research from UBS on what has driven equity markets over the last 40 years

All or Nothing. Stocks tend to experience very long periods (5-20 years) of either anemic or exceptional returns, which we call…

The rise of the machines…

One of the more interesting stories I cam across this week was on Bloomberg http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-06/million-dollar-traders-replaced-with-machines-credit-markets) relaying news that at least…

Chinese Data last week Shows continuing Improvement

Economic releases last week out of China showed a significant improvement in the Chinese economy. Pretty much all the data…

zak mirs weekend missive – Alarm Bells, Croda, Burberry And the One Party State.

For some reason I feel that a blog, even boring old financial ones, should carry an element of human interest.…

Flushing exercise looks to be complete

And so, as is always the case with these intense downdrafts that when you are in the middle of them…

Bumi – Are the Bakries about to trump Natty with a cash offer for Bumi Plc? UPDATE

Rothschild and Bakrie UPDATE - 9 NOV 2012 - Todays announcement of continuing fractious relations between PT Bumi (the Indonesian…

Chart du jour – food for thought… And opportunity

With fear all pervading in the markets again at the moment, and a lot of blood being spilt as margin…

Hot money leaves Xcite Energy on wait for farm out

Xcite Energy released their quarterly results for the period ending September 2012 which confirmed what Edison said in their recent…