I hope the pic above does not signify the feelings of any of our readers today – if it does then please re-read the school corner from our Feb/March issue all about leverage – http://issuu.com/spreadbetmagazine/docs/v03 (Page 18) Always, always, always maintain a 30% free cash to equity in your account and when bargains like today are…
There was some respite in the stock market falls on Wall Street last night with the US indices coming back from their lows late in the session. The Dow Industrials fell 76 points to 12,932 after dropping close to 200 points at one stage on fears about the exit of Greece from the Eurozone. The…
From last months magazine we opined upon the potential retracement levels in the FTSE & S&P 500… Both duly hit today. “S&P 500 – With the MACD lines now also rolling over and the index recently piercing the 20 day moving average to the downside, and not having touched the 50 day since December of last…
I’ve been adding some choice AIM oil and gas stocks to my account today….Chariot, Bowleven, Gulf Keystone. For a medium term view plenty of value to be had for those with patience. When everyone else is selling, particularly on forced margin selling, this is the time to be buying. Its a blood bath out there…
A sobering chart if ever I saw one… Pity the poor Greek private sector pension funds and buy and hold merchants…. Anyone for a Greek island holiday this year (particularly when the Drachma refloats with a 60% drop against the pound….)?
From todays CNN site – “It’s hard to find a stock that is hated more on Wall Street — and, for that matter, on Bay Street in Toronto — than Research in Motion. Shares of the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry phone and PlayBook tablet are down nearly 20% this year. That follows a…
Interesting chart formation above. Here’s hoping it’s not a false breakout…
The chart below looks excessively oversold to me and so I have opened a position on the long side in Man Group today noting that Carlson Group have declared an opening short position of 0.3% of Man’s shares this morning. SBM v Carlson! Here’s the link to our feature on Man Group in the opening…
With the UK markets closed, the focus of attention was the European and US exchanges yesterday after the election results in Greece and France over the weekend. After a weak start, US markets recovered, with the S&P 500 flat on the day at 1,370 and the Dow down 30 points to 13,009. French stocks initially…
Interesting chart above that’s doing the rounds today on various financial sites. I can’t help but thinking however that it won’t be 3 in a row…. Another print in the Put:Call ratio above 1 today – 2 in 3 days – very rare. The ol stomach’s getting the feeling a rallys afoot…
