In another blow to the world’s second largest economy, Chinese factory output and investment growth probably slowed in December with investors now fearing that the recovery is losing steam. Additionally, Chinese industrial-production gains slowed to a five-month low of 9.8 percent and gross domestic product grew 7.6 percent from a year earlier in the October-December…
We print below on behalf of Chris Boxall. As a supporter of cleaning up crony capitalism and the shocking antics that occur on AIM we are only too pleased to lend our support to this cause. Investors in AIM quoted companies should generally have experienced stellar returns in 2013 with the ISA rule changes on…
Risers: Halfords +7.32% Automotive and leisure retailer, Halfords Group, has today reported a 5.2% increase in like-for-like revenue for the 15 weeks to 10 Jan. Halfords added the company’s full year expectations are to stay the same. Total revenue for the 15 weeks was up 6.6%. Computacenter +3.84% IT infrastructure provider, Computacenter PLC, has today…
Doesn’t it seem sometimes that everything is going up in price? Inflation is relentless whatever governments may say. Want to have a guess what the decline in the purchasing power of the US Dollar has been since the Federal Reserve was established in December 1913? Pat yourself on the back if you said 96%. That’s…
Left for dead: that’s what appears to be what most investors have done to gold mining stocks. With the price of gold bullion down significantly in 2013, it appears many are simply ignoring all gold mining stocks, lumping them into one category and avoiding the group as a whole. Personally, I love buying when things…
The debacle surrounding issues like the Olympics security fiasco and the electronic tagging of sometimes dead prisoners has highlighted how laughable at least one area of Government procurement is, and arguably why Big Government in general is such a disaster! In fact, much of the blame really stems from the big divide with respect to…
Asian shares traded higher once again last night on the back of encouraging U.S data and strong earnings, including Bank of America. This has gone some way in convincing market participants that the U.S economy is still on the right track after last week’s disappointing jobs data. The SPX 500 closed at a fresh all-time…
Some five years after global financial markets bottomed, it appears that everything is back on track with US equity indices such as the S&P 500 not only fully recovering their pre-crisis index levels but actually powering on to post new record highs. But, whilst rising financial assets is views as a good indicator for the…
As we await a swift entry for the fund management company of Spreadbet Magazine founder Richard Jennings – Titan Investment Partners, into the FTSE 100 it seems worthwhile looking at the charting position of other leading UK companies in this area! This idea comes in the wake of today’s pounding of shares in emerging markets…
