THE TIPSTER April 30, 2012 Rolls Royce has steadily gained ground since 2009, even in an era of reduced defence expenditure. Its shares had a quiet 2011 until October, when they began making impressive progress, up almost 40 per cent to date. Increasing orders make its shares a more compelling possibility, even if they reside near all-time highs. IG Index [...]
LOW PROFITS MAKE AMAZON A GAMBLE WORTH AVOIDING April 30, 2012 INVESTORS often make the mistake of confusing a great product with a great investment idea. The latest stock to benefit from such a misperception is Amazon. The company’s shares skyrocketed by more than 15 per cent, after its earnings release last Thursday, despite the fact that it barely makes any money. Don’t get me wrong. [...]
Four weeks to go: Buy your ticket for City A.M.’s trading conference April 30, 2012 Q What is your trading background? A In 1992, I started in the Goldman Sachs graduate training program in New York, where I learned to trade NYSE and Nasdaq listed shares. I also spent time on the famous Risk Arbitrage trading desk. After that I traded UK and European shares, both for clients as well [...]
The facts behind trading indices April 30, 2012 AFTER trading individual equities, retail traders are usually inclined to dabble in trading their indices. So what is an equity index, how are they priced and what are they actually trading? An equity index is a benchmark value of a basket of stocks. Each index will clearly define what its constituents are and how it [...]
Analyst picks for 30 April 2012 April 30, 2012 CURRENCY STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Looking to sell euro-dollar Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 1 day to 1 week A closer look at the $1.3300 level shows a confluence of resistance, including the psychological barrier, some falling trend-line resistance off of the February 2012 peak, the upper Bollinger Band, and an [...]
The legitimacy of technical analysis is beyond dispute April 30, 2012 Traders are looking at what makes money and what doesn’t THE debate on whether technical analysis is hocus-pocus or not has been replaced with the question: Which type of technical analysis do you employ in your trading? Central to technical analysis is the assumption that the price of a stock already trades at a level [...]
MARKETS STRUGGLE TO FIND THE ENERGY TO RISE HIGHER April 30, 2012 CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST AS APRIL gives way to May, markets are struggling to find the necessary enthusiasm to push much higher. Unlike last week, when we had plenty of things to worry about in the Eurozone, this week seems to be far less exciting, at least for the moment. The Eurozone crisis continues to boil [...]
NEW YORK WEEK AHEAD April 29, 2012 IT will be another battleground for S&P 500 index this week. Will the bears finally give up and let the bulls have their way? The S&P 500, the market’s broadest measure, managed to close out the week above the psychologically important 1,400 mark for the first time since early April. But the index is still [...]
Ready steady go: Time to put your business ideas to the test April 29, 2012 ACCELERATOR ACADEMY www.acceleratoracademy.com The Accelerator Academy works with emerging entrepreneurs to help them to achieve high growth, through intensive training, mentoring from successful tech entrepreneurs and providing them with access to seed capital. Applicants are initially assessed by a Manchester Business School devised eTeamTool assessment process. Delivered over 12 weeks, the part-time programme improves the [...]
A healthy dose of British ingenuity, money, patents and patience April 29, 2012 RICHARD Marsden describes his meeting with University of Southampton scientists in 2003 as one of the most memorable moments of his life. That very meeting, about a potential new medicine, could prove pivotal to the health of millions of people. If Richard hadn’t been there, the idea may never have been developed. The discussion was [...]