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S&P 500 TO MAKE IT A HAT TRICK OF SUMMER WASHOUTS?

S&P 500 TO MAKE IT A HAT TRICK OF SUMMER WASHOUTS?

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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…

“Mystery broker’s” take on where we are in the markets…

“Mystery broker’s” take on where we are in the markets…

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Q: Will the markets continue to be slowed by the muddy track of the past month, when the investment weather turned less friendly? Or will they regain their footing to reaccelerate in the second half of the year, again confounding the gloom merchants, who keep repeating the looming risks that are both real and well understood?…

Kuwaiti’s pull out of Ithaca Energy takeover but what of other bids?

Kuwaiti’s pull out of Ithaca Energy takeover but what of other bids?

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According to newspaper reports in the Kuwait al-Seyassah newspaper, the Kuwaiti national oil company has pulled out of talks with North Sea focused and Canadian TSX/UK AIM listed oil company Ithaca Energy. The company’s RNS in March stated they were in discussion with several bona fide bidders presumably including the Kuwaiti’s. So what now for…

Election results across Europe leave plenty for investors to worry about

Election results across Europe leave plenty for investors to worry about

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The political landscape dramatically changed in Europe yesterday with a sea change in France following the departure of incumbent centre right President Nicolas Sarcozy to be replaced with socialist François Hollande. Sarcozy is the first French President since Valéry Giscard d’Estaing lost power in 1981 not to serve two consecutive terms illustrating that the sentiment of…

David Einhorn – king of Hedge Funds, talks about U.S. monetary policy and its impact on savers

David Einhorn – king of Hedge Funds, talks about U.S. monetary policy and its impact on savers

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Good read from David Einhorn in the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/david-einhorn/fed-interest-rates_b_1472509.html) Einhorn is one of the great Hedge Fund investors. Wikipedia: David Einhorn (born November 20, 1968), an American hedge fund manager, is the Founder and President of Greenlight Capital, a “long-short value-oriented hedge fund”. He started Greenlight Capital in 1996 with $900,000. Greenlight has generated…

HMV – Just when will Simon Fox put his hand in his pocket?

HMV – Just when will Simon Fox put his hand in his pocket?

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Yesterdays RNS put out by Simon Fox stating that the company would produce a pre tax profit of “at least” £10m for 2013 (and catching pretty much all analysts who still cover HMV out – the majority predicting losses of upto £10m through 2013) was interesting. If I had a pound every time Mr Fox…

Facebook – the ‘love in’ begins with Wall Street…

Facebook – the ‘love in’ begins with Wall Street…

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The news that Webush Securities had slapped a price target of $44 per share on the soon to list social networking giant raised a wry smile with me this weekend. I wonder where Wedbush stand in the pecking order of fees to be made out of Facebook? The pricing of Facebook’s shares towards the ‘lower…