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zak mir on gold and the search for the floor…
While from a fundamental perspective, it is not entirely clear whether we have seen the worst in the Russia/Crimea situation, the recent Sudetenland tribute seems to have been fully discounted by Gold. Of course, the metal’s credentials as the best geopolitical barometer we have are very often eclipsed by Crude Oil. However, in the run…
OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 02/04/14
Asian stocks extended gains overnight, rising for a sixth straight day following robust US manufacturing data and optimism about global growth. Investors remain incredibly bullish, taking the opportunity to push up prices on lacklustre events. Data this week has been fairly mixed yet with the talks of China and the ECB potentially increasing stimulus, this…
Double-Digit Gain or 30% Crash: How to Profit from S&P 500 No Matter Where It Goes
After a miserable winter of weak economic indicators (which were mostly blamed on the weather), the warmer spring weather will be a godsend for Wall Street. Unless, of course, there’s more holding the U.S. economy back than cold winds and snow. That riddle will be answered in the coming weeks, but the long-term prognosis for…
Crimean storm in a teacup throws up a buying opportunity for Russian equities
While the world has been very vocal in terms of the promised and actual sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin seems to be completely unperturbed and is continuing to go about his business as he sees fit. While certain politicians believe that they can inflict irreparable damage to Russia, thus far Putin and his administration appear…
OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 01/04/14
We look set for a volatile day of trading on global stock markets as manufacturing PMI figures are released from countries around the world. Throughout the night, China reported an eight-month low HSBC Manufacturing figure of 48.0, down from February’s figure of 48.5 and showing a contraction in the sector for Q1. The Australian dollar…
broker upgrades & downgrades – 01/04/14
The return of Irrational Exuberance!
For those readers that weren’t around in the 1990’s, from an equity perspective, the latter half were crazy years! With most “anal”-ysts (yes, them again!) expecting just just mild equity gains after a storming run from the 1987 crash that was punctuated with a few 10-20% correction bouts, markets, as ever, confounded the majority, shooting…
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Speculative Oilers: Bowleven, Xcite Energy, Falkland Oil & Gas, Gulf Keystone – when does the pain end?
It would appear that now Xcite Energy is starting to “do a Gulf Keystone” in terms of a renewed sharp share price breakdown. Just how do we square the price action with the massive reserves this company is sitting on? And will the likes of Bowleven and Falkland Oil & Gas suffer at the…