Today’s blog has been inspired by the following contents of an email which I presumably received on the basis that I am a very important editor of a very important financial publication – Spreadbet Magazine. What is to follow is of interest not only in itself, but also course in the wake of the ongoing…
Risers: New Trend Lifestyle Group +82.61% New Trend Lifestyle Group has appointed Matthew Pau as a Non-executive director. The group has also revealed today, following a recent disposal, Menora Trading Limited is interested in 3,066,667 ordinary shares representing 3.07% of the issued share capital of the company. Urals Energy +7.14% Russian oil group, Urals Energy,…
After its worst performance in more than 30 years, gold began 2014 on a stronger note recouping some 1.5% of its value last night. The buying spilled over into silver and copper, with dealers talking of Chinese demand for commodities in general. Meanwhile, focusing on Europe, regional shares have erased gains seen over the last…
Following on from our bull call on the mining spectrum (see here – http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/blog/titan-investment-partners-why-were-backing-the-mining-sector.html) we now lay out our argument for a net short position on the US equity market going into 2014. We began actually building a short position here at Titan during October of 2013 and traded this stance nimbly, taking quick profits…
I have to confess I really don’t have any interest in the macro economic babble explanation as to why gold / mining stocks may be cheap or why now may be the best time to go long of them. The problem with picking the bottom of any asset class be it mining stocks, real estate…
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Happy NY to all SBM readers! On a rather less upbeat note, I have been asked by the “Dear Founder” of Spreadbet Magazine to offer up my three best shorts for 2014. This is perhaps somewhat ironic given the way that I expect the FTSE 100 to break into record territory early in the New…
Regular readers will recall our feature on “Attempts to Corner Commodity Markets” back in February of 2013 (see here on page 12 – http://issuu.com/spreadbetmagazine/docs/spreadbet_magazine_v13_generic) and our coverage of one “Dr Copper”. Recent news reports of a large buyer hovering up almost all the physical copper in recent weeks has us wondering – is Dr…
As the last couple of sessions of 2013 get underway this week, investors look back on a very positive year for risk assets, one that was particularly good for stocks. Most of the heavyweight benchmarks have posted at least 10 per cent returns, with some Eurozone and US indices printing in excess of 25 per…
