I have to confess that it is difficult for me to resist taking a look at the best of the recent bunch of AIM stocks on a weekly basis for Master Investor Magazine, if only to prove that while this part of the market may have some Wild West characteristics, this makes it all the…
The cliché as far as the top market capitalisation stocks are concerned is that elephants do not gallop. This suggests that moves to both the upside and hopefully even the downside tend to be of a pedestrian nature. However, as anyone following an “elephant” such as Tesco (TSCO) will have discovered in the recent past,…
While some may find that life on AIM can be a little rocky at times, my take on the best way to flourish in this particular space is to focus on situations where the market has already got the bit between its teeth – momentum plays. This may mean that one is focusing on the…
On 7th May, 2015, the polls will open for the 2015 General Election, in what has been one of the most painstakingly dissected elections of recent times, primarily as a result of the uncertainty surrounding its outcome and the spectrum of parties that could play a key role. The focus of this edition of Master…
As London traders bask in the mini spring heat wave, financial markets are also enjoying a little quiet. The S&P 500 is still banging on the door of the record highs set earlier in the year, but there is no sense of urgency right now. S&P 500 Weekly chart The same can be said of…
Although it is clear that UK technology companies can hold their own on the world stage, there is at least a significant problem in terms of ratings and at least appreciation amongst investors. The problem is that while this state of affairs looks as though it is a cultural problem as much as anything else,…
What is interesting about the chart gap – an area of untraded prices either day to day or intraday – is that it is still relatively underused and misunderstood, especially given relative importance. This idea stems from the way that gaps have a tendency to be reliable as both predictive charting features, and as decent…
I have been reminded of the giants of the U.S. new economy in the wake of the latest spat between Google (GOOG) and the EU, where the latter has been accusing the search engine pioneer of abusing its dominant position in the market. This has apparently been particularly so with regard to shopping searches. But…
For the last nine months, there has really only been one way to bet in foreign exchange markets and that is to follow the dollar’s relentless push higher. Since the middle of June, the dollar has risen by 22% against a basket of currencies. This week we’ve seen a reversal of this momentum with three…
It would appear that judging by the financial press and various other “informed” sources, we are all apparently experts on the groceries sector, if only on the basis that we all shop there. Therefore armchair opinions of all varieties are offered to the ether in terms of how Tesco should turn itself around, or how…
