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the u.s. and the fiscal cliff’ (part 2)

the u.s. and the fiscal cliff’ (part 2)

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And so to Part 2 of my “fiscal cliff” feature. What’s a “fiscal cliff”? If you’re not sure, all is about to be made clear. But first… a reminder of what I wrote about last week. The idea was to set the scene for what might happen at the end of this year by reminding…

trading trenDs eod post

trading trenDs eod post

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Although I am following a London Stone Trading strategy for the Daily Time Frames that I am involved in, I am keen to put in some work to find a way to mitigate the losses when I get a false signal or when the market conditions change. I had a feeling that the EUR/USD would…

FTSE TECHNICAL OVERVIEW COURTESY OF CANTOR CAPITAL

FTSE TECHNICAL OVERVIEW COURTESY OF CANTOR CAPITAL

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FTSE 100, Daily The FTSE over the past week has traded down to the lower end of the trading range we highlighted a week or two ago. So the price action so far has behaved largely as expected. The question for the week ahead is whether the buyers will now re-emerge? The index has seemed…

More funding issues for AIM oil and gas this time on Sound Oil and Max Petroleum

More funding issues for AIM oil and gas this time on Sound Oil and Max Petroleum

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Another day in AIM oil and gas, announcing poor funding deals or even lack of deals! This time around its Sound Oil and Max Petroleum. Italian and Indonesian focused oil explorer, Sound Oil, today announced a private placement and open offer through Astin Capital Management Ltd. The Company is issuing another whopping 774,341,464 new shares in exchange…

The beatles & Wall St

The beatles & Wall St

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What do The Beatles have to do with the stock market? Everything, says Robert R. Prechter, Jr., one of America’s leading stock market analysts and founder of Elliott Wave International, the world’s largest market forecasting firm.  Prechter has developed a new theory of social causality called socionomics. It postulates that waves of social mood regulate…

Disappointment from Borders and Southern Stebbing well sends shares plummeting. Desire Petroleum X 2!

Disappointment from Borders and Southern Stebbing well sends shares plummeting. Desire Petroleum X 2!

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Borders and Southern spudded the 61/25-1 well on the Southern Falkland basin Stebbing prospect on 11th May and today, over two months later, the company announced that the well was unable to reach lower targets due to anomalous pressure conditions with strong gas shows. Despite additional contingency well casing, they were unable to evaluate the…

Forthcoming company & economic releases for next week

Forthcoming company & economic releases for next week

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Monday, July 16, 2012 UK Reporting:- Evraz Plc, EVR, (R), Logica Plc, LOG, (SM), Sage Group Plc/The, SGE, (R), Sthree Plc, STHR, e, (CC), Sthree Plc, STHR, (R) S&P 500 Reporting:- Cintas Corp, Q4, 0.6, Citigroup Inc, Q2, 0.893, Gannett Co Inc, Q2, 0.534, Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Q2, 1.08 Economic Data:- 00:01…