Trading

What does the Average True Range (ATR) tell us?

I’m always sceptical when I see headlines like the one on the Beeb website Business section today: “FTSE 100 Soars…

Zak’s Daily Round-Up

FTSE 100 Stocks HSBC (HSBA): Exposure to “Submerging Markets” Having missed out on the worst of the effects of the…

Zak is Back!

BHP Billiton (BLT): possible wedge reversal to 700p zone While looking for a floor in shares of BHP Billiton has…

Is it time to short cable?

Whenever you say ‘short cable’ some joker will say “actually, Vince Cable is quite tall”. It may be time to…

Should you take heed of RBS’s market warning?

RBS has issued a warning that the coming year is not about return on capital, but return of capital. Should…

Bowie: The Man Who Sold His World

About eight years ago I wrote an article about David Bowie, and how he’d been very astute in collateralising his…

When 100 Tribes Go To War: Defence Darlings

You remember the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song Two Tribes, right? The one with the line “one is all that…

Themed Watchlist 4 (continued) – Baby It’s Not Cold Outside

I wrote last time on insurance companies and how our themed watchlist should now include them on the short side.…

Themed Watchlist 4: Let it Rain

Last October I started building a themed watchlist and I think we can now start to add more definitively to…

Sleeping Satellites: Eastern European ETFs

When the Soviet Union broke up Ukraine did a deal with Russia, France, the UK and USA, embodied in the…