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to trade or not to trade? Tradingtrends eod post

I made a long winded post this morning before the markets woke up. It detailed 10 reasons to consider buying…

Gulf Keystone does a complete volte face after last week’s sell off – shares up over 50% in 3 days

Last Friday morning Kurdistan focused oil explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum hit 141p as the euro zone crisis rumbled on. It…

Gold & oil point to higher equities

Both oil and gold are rebounding, but the metal’s 3-month rally relative to energy has once again stalled at familiar…

Avocet Mining continues calamitous fall after production issues

After the trials and tribulations of Egyptian gold miner - Centamin Egypt over the last few months, it is the…

MID TERM TOP 5 THEMES

Given all that has happened in markets this year, many would be forgiven for thinking we were further than half…

tHE ROGUE WAVE – COURTESY OF FATPROPHETS

Overnight, European and US equity markets managed to hold onto Friday’s large gains which is an important sign that we…

ECONOMIC DATA & ANALYST MOVES

ECONOMIC DATA DUE 09:30 UK June PMI Construction, 52.9 exp. 54.4 previous 09:30 UK May Net Consumer Credit, £0.2bn exp.…

ISM indicator – leading or lagging?

Now that the US manufacturing ISM survey has finally succumbed to contraction territory (sub-50) already seen by the Purchasing Managers’…

Is caution warranted on Heritage Deal?

It seems that a number of City analysts have taken a cautious stance in relation to the Nigerian Oil deal,…

The wall of worry… There for climbing

The “bearish consensus” was in deep trouble on Friday night with stock markets having the best month end rally for…