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trading trends end of week post

I generally only see, no doubt like many traders, what I want to believe. I’d really like the economy to…

q.e. and its waning power

Between March and November of 2009, the MPC authorized the purchase of £200 billion worth of UK financial assets, mostly…

Mixed earnings and eurozone jitters derail markets at the end of a positive week

A fairly bullish week driven by relatively positive earnings news from the United States ended with a big sell off…

Spanish yields firmly above 7% sends euro lower & markets into reverse – spanish equities now down 5%

European shares fell from their recent highs as Spain’s borrowing costs once more climbed back above the key 7 percent…

gulfsands on the move again

It seems that you can’t keep a good (or crazily undervalued!) stock down… Gulfsands shares are up again this morning…

Borders and Southern bounces as Ignis increases stake

News yesterday that Ignis Investment Services had increased their share holding to around 7% appears to have put a firm…

morning round up and day ahead

UK Corporate Announcements Close Brothers states that trading had been consistent with its last statement, and that its AUM made…

jobless claims add to market bouyancy

Initial jobless claims in the US jumped sharply in the week ending July 14 to 386,000, as reported today by…

JJB PLUMBS OLD LOWS – WILL DICKS STEP UP AGAIN?

The RNS this morning from JJB was truly shocking and, as much as it pains me to say it, Evil…

SBM MAKES IT A HAT TRICK ON TRADING BUY CALLS – NOKIA UP 10% TODAY

Following our “balls to the wall” Trading Buy call yesterday on Nokia (see post), Nokia today reported better than expect…