FTSE 100 Stocks Barclays (BARC): Risk of another Major Support Test Given all the rumours surrounding the state of European banks, with the German and Italians especially in focus, the recent revival of the UK counterparts seems all the more welcome. It also suggests that we are seeing a divide in perception by investors in…
Highland Natural Resources was one of the better early 2016 calls on a technical basis that I made, with perhaps the lucky part being that the fall from 70p plus was so quick there was no real opportunity to buy at what became the top. Highland Natural Resources (HNR): Exhaustion Gap Reversal Targets 50 Day…
Some years ago I had a Polish friend called Ola who was living here in London. Her English was excellent so, being in cosmopolitan London, she decided to learn Spanish. The first thing you do when you start learning a language, if you’re serious about it, is to talk to native speakers, and this being…
As I approach the age of 50, I have to confess that knowing what is trendy and what is not has become an issue. This matter has arisen with retailer SuperGroup, where we can see the price action of the Superdry brand staging a sharp turnaround. SuperGroup (SGP): Broadening Triangle Targets 2,000p Conventional wisdom might…
Writing for Master Investor for over a year now has been an interesting experience for me, as it has forced me to lay out my analysis and hang my hat on predictions very publicly. And in many cases on stocks or markets that I wouldn’t trade in myself, as they wouldn’t suit my portfolio risk…
One of the better approaches to small caps is to focus on a few favourite examples of each sector and follow them through thick and thin. In the case of Faroe Petroleum in the recent past the good news appears to be that the stock has decoupled from the underlying commodity, at least for now.…
Ncondezi Energy has been something of a Robert the Bruce situation for the bulls. “If first you don’t succeed, try, try again. But overall the charting pattern remains solid. Ncondezi Energy (NCCL): December Price Channel Targets 9p What can be seen on the daily chart of Ncondezi Energy over the recent past is a highly…
Elitism is making a comeback. Don’t worry, it won’t affect most of you. That’s really the state of play at the moment. There’s a huge amount of opportunity as currencies continue to be the playground for investors, and a nightmare for governments and multi-nationals. What has really happened since we’ve nearly almost definitely left the…
FTSE 350 Stocks Aldermore Group (ALD): June Gap Floor Target On the face of it, the so called challenger bank Aldermore has had a relatively easy ride, especially considering the way it was founded in 2009, and has only known the “artificial” ultra-low interest rate environment accompanying QE. Although the traditional view is that ultra-low…
We are still likely to be on the right track as far as expecting mining stocks of all shapes and sizes to do good things for the long haul. However, the aftermath of the bumper 287,000 Non Farm Payrolls number for June in the US may just slow things down for a while. Glencore is…
