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Why This September Could Be the Worst Ever for the Stock Market

Get ready for some excitement as we move into September, which is historically known to be the worst month of…

Judgement Day For Gulf Keystone, Binary Event Trading & more pain for Mr Cawkwell!

The last look on the Spreadbet Magazine blog for Gulf Keystone (GKP) was on July 6th when I made some…

chart du jour – how much longer can equities ignore bonds?

The chart below displays the outperformance of stocks over bonds during the last near 30 years. What we can see…

Silver a More Profitable Investment Than Gold This Year?

Gold bullion gets a lot of attention in the financial media and economists talk about it regularly. Sadly, another precious…

Gulf Keystone wins court case brought by Excalibur

RNS just out on the stock du jour - GKP -  Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) (“Gulf Keystone” or…

Risers & Fallers courtesy of Spreadex

Risers  Easyjet, +3.87% Shares in Easyjet have surged after announcing plans to offer  limited all-inclusive passenger tickets for the first…

Forward guidance: Is it too early for a requiem?

We have written recently on the increasing likelihood of a rise in UK interest rates coming sooner rather than later…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 10/09/13

In its longest winning streak since December last year, the MSCI Pacific Index rose for a ninth day  as Chinese…

chart du jour – so much for hedge funds and their “alpha”

The chart below is very interesting to us as it shows that hedge funds en bloc are essentially index trackers.…

King Canute and “The Market Sniper”

Over the weekend I turned 47. This is not a great milestone, granted, but the events of the past year…