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Zak Mir on the FCA, PRA & The “Shutting the stable door after the horses bolted” authority!

I read with interest today that the cost of the new financial regulators who include the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)…

Titan – time to take the other side of the “anal”yst EPS ests as US small cap valuations now exceed the bubble peak

This month marked the fifth anniversary of the “Bull Market” that has characterised the S&P 500 since early spring 2009.…

SBM thought of the day – Them’s that can trade do and them’s that can’t sell systems!

Remember our motto - Them’s that can trade do and them’s that can’t sell systems! Next time you receive a…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 14/03/14

Asian stocks swung between gains and losses overnight following data from the US which has showed a slowing US factory…

share “tipsters” v real money management

We note todays announcement/boast by a well known share “tipster” - Average Gain per share tip 22% (offer to bid)…

Crude Oil net spec longs reach extreme levels…

One piece of data that has caught our eye recently was the news last week that net long positions in…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 24/03/14

Outflows from Chinese equities paused last night in spite of manufacturing softening more than expected. Traders waged bets amid stimulus…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 21/03/14

The trading session in Asia was relatively quiet with stocks slowly edging higher, however with the stock market in Japan…

Zak Mir on rugs, pulling and insurers!

I have to confess that one of the more beneficial aspects of largely being focused on technical analysis rather than…