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S&P 500 TO MAKE IT A HAT TRICK OF SUMMER WASHOUTS?

Interesting chart above that’s doing the rounds today on various financial sites. I can’t help but thinking however that it…

Spanish market floor in? Probes March 2009 low at 6650. update – closed on highs for the day

  Following on from my posts last week where I stated that I think the Ibex is making an important…

“Mystery broker’s” take on where we are in the markets…

Q: Will the markets continue to be slowed by the muddy track of the past month, when the investment weather turned…

Kuwaiti’s pull out of Ithaca Energy takeover but what of other bids?

According to newspaper reports in the Kuwait al-Seyassah newspaper, the Kuwaiti national oil company has pulled out of talks with…

Election results across Europe leave plenty for investors to worry about

The political landscape dramatically changed in Europe yesterday with a sea change in France following the departure of incumbent centre…

Food for thought – Xcite Energy – something’s about to give..

  Just a little bit of Sunday afternoon food for thought for you all - the chart above is about…

David Einhorn – king of Hedge Funds, talks about U.S. monetary policy and its impact on savers

Good read from David Einhorn in the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/david-einhorn/fed-interest-rates_b_1472509.html) Einhorn is one of the great Hedge Fund investors. Wikipedia:…

HMV – Just when will Simon Fox put his hand in his pocket?

Yesterdays RNS put out by Simon Fox stating that the company would produce a pre tax profit of “at least”…

Facebook – the ‘love in’ begins with Wall Street…

The news that Webush Securities had slapped a price target of $44 per share on the soon to list social…

US employment data disappoints and sends markets down for the week

It was a rough end to the week for the markets following the crucial US non-farm payroll employment data for…