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Out of the first seven trading days of 2014, the S&P 500 declined on five of those days, marking the worst start to the year for the stock market since 2005. This phenomenon has raised many questions. Looking at this, investors are asking how the returns on the S&P 500 will look this year. Why?…

  What can be said about one of the biggest conundrums in the financial markets at the moment – will mining stocks stage a lasting recovery – is that those looking to solve the riddle have certainly been kept on their toes in recent months…  On the fundamental side it would seem that with tapering…

A continuation of our serialisation of EK’s diaries… FEBRUARY 13 Just how does HMG do it? I mean we are now warned by HMG’s Food Standards Agency not to eat Findus Lasagne since it contains horse. The truth is that there is nutritionally nothing wrong with this lasagne whatsoever. Besides, it is delicious — particularly if…

Risers:  Unilever +3.63% Anglo-Dutch company, Unilever, has today reported profit of EUR4.84 billion for year ended Dec 31, a slight increase from EUR4.37 billion a year earlier. The company has however revealed full year sales are beginning to slow down. Sales in the company’s personal-care sector decreased to 7.3% from 10% which is the first…

Asian bourses received a boost last night after the People’s Bank of China provided a short term liquidity injection to commercial banks.  This comes as a welcome release for banks ahead of Chinese New Year on Friday the 31st of January when huge amounts of money are withdrawn from banks to fund travel and gifts.  It…

  Each day this week we will print a snippet from our special guide – “Evil Knievil Diaries – the Best of!” If you’d like a copy of his entire utterances during 2013 then click the image below to request your free copy. JANUARY 13 FastJet (FJET) has lifted significantly away from the 4p placing area…

Given my day job as someone who attempts to make consistent calls on stocks and markets, the smart play is usually to adopt a stance and stick to it– after of course establishing beyond reasonable doubt that the stance is correct! This is important because in an era of social media, it does not take…

Risers:  TyraTech +17.07% TyraTech has today revealed that it’s over the counter head lice preventative shampoo has now been listed with the USA Food and Drug Administration. This milestone will now allow TyraTech to sell its shampoo product from the end of Q1 2014. Chief Executive, Bruno Jactel has said: “We have been working diligently…

Asian stocks fell overnight after data showed the Chinese economy slowed in the fourth quarter whilst gains in factory output and investment spending eased. The Chinese GDP expanded 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter, comparing to the 7.8 percent growth in the previous three months.  The dollar continued to perform well, touching its strongest level…