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It’s the big day tomorrow with US non-farm payrolls in focus

One of the key economic indicators of US activity arrives after lunch UK time with the April non-farmpayroll employment data.…

FaceBook IPO valuation rumours

It looks like Facebook has an IPO price range in the high $20s to mid $30s, giving it a valuation…

BP and Shell’s Mars Field – a monster oil find and $1 billion development

An interesting insight into one of the world’s largest and expensive drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, Mars, which…

BG Group drops on North Sea field concerns despite strong earnings growth

BG Group is currently down 2.2 percent at 1419p despite a strong growth in underlying earnings on news that production…

Viva Espana! Ibex continues to make up lost ground. 7000 beckons…

Following yesterdays posts where we opined on the implications of the Put:Call ratio making a rare print over 1 (1.1…

Home Retail Group results show two speed high street

The depressing state of many parts of Britain’s high street was illustrated by a 13 percent slump in Home Retail…

Rare 1.1 print on US Equity Put:Call ratio

Data provided by CBOE website. http://www.cboe.com/data/IntraDayVol.aspx One of my favourite indicators with regards to providing a lead indicator for  a…

Weak private sector US employment data hits markets

The markets are down heavily today as the ADP (Automatic Data Processing) shows  the weakest growth in US private sector…

Spanish index making a double bottom? Both matador and bulls blood on the streets!

Spanish stocks have endured a 5% swing lower from the open this morning at just over 7100 to 6700 at…

Cable & Wireless shares offer a 15% event arbitrage opportunity

With Cable & Wireless shares now trading at a 4.5p discount to the 38p cash offer by Vodafone, the shares…