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the concise guide to the week ahead courtesy of Cantor Index

the concise guide to the week ahead courtesy of Cantor Index

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Monday, February 11, 2013 UK Reporting: Fidessa Group Plc, FDSA, (R), Gcp Infrastructure Investmen, GCP, (SM), Kofax Plc, KFX, (R), Kofax Plc, KFX, e, (CC) S&P 500 Reporting: Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The, Q4, 2.405,  Loews Corp, Q4, 0.295,  Masco Corp, Q4, 0.006 Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting: Bilfinger SE, R, 6.137,  Boliden AB, R, 11.968,  Galp Energia SGPS SA,…

The January Effect revisited

The January Effect revisited

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Now that January, with its snow, dark days and post Xmas hangover is finally behind us, we thought we would re-evaluate its performance in light of the so called “January effect” and that we first covered here on Jan 12 – http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/blog/weekend-reading-as-goes-january-so-goes-the-rest-of-the-year.html. The piece was missing one essential piece of data – January 2013’s performance!…

Zak Mir Global Markets Overview – FTSE, Dow & Nikkei

Zak Mir Global Markets Overview – FTSE, Dow & Nikkei

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It may be true to say that as far as the financial markets are concerned, there is very often nothing more difficult than trying to get a handle on a straight move. In terms of the context of the major indices, over the past few months since the early November “fiscal cliff wobble”, we have…

quick trade snippets

quick trade snippets

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Just a brief update as the trading is keeping us busy today (gotta pay the bills!), but for those following us we have been taking partial profits on GBPEUR, USDYen and will be selling our Apple position in part between $473- 477 in the main session today. Although we have a bear stance on the…

SBM Prescient call 3 – Mining Sector Bull case update

SBM Prescient call 3 – Mining Sector Bull case update

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Over the last few months, we have been resolutely bullish on the mining sector, alerting our readers to the material undervaluation amongst many mining stocks, particularly the likes of Bumi, Lonmin and ENRC – all of which have led the tables of the biggest risers amongst the large caps in 2013 (see table below). Here’s…

SBM PRESCIENT CALL 4 – CURRENCY TRADES “IN THE NET”

SBM PRESCIENT CALL 4 – CURRENCY TRADES “IN THE NET”

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From our Long sterling call blog on Wednesday – We have today opened a Long GBPEUR spot FX position around 1.1567 and sold GBPUSD Puts for April with a strike of 1.54 @ 93 aswell as opening a short USDYEN position at 93.90. If you’d like to be involved in the forthcoming launch of our…

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

Market news round up, upgrades & downgrades courtesy of Cantor Index

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08 Feb 13 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen opening up around 20 points this morning, and many apologies for the reduced note today   Major European Companies Reporting Catlin Group Ltd, R, 0.893,  Cofinimmo, R, 7.094,  EMS-Chemie Holding AG, R, 11.006,  Eurocommercial Properties NV, S1, 0,  MAN SE, R, 2.78,  Securitas AB, R, 5.114, …

Prescient SBM call number 2 – Apple surging pre market on Einhorn comments that Apple could unlock upto $320 per share in value

Prescient SBM call number 2 – Apple surging pre market on Einhorn comments that Apple could unlock upto $320 per share in value

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Looks like David Einhorn has the same idea as us (see blog here – http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/blog/is-apple-preparing-for-a-big-increase-in-its-share-buy-back.html) as he calls on Apple to pay out some of its cash hoard. The stock is presently up $8 pre market but is in fact up more as they have gone ex dividend to the tune of $2.65 today – MAKE…