THE TIPSTER September 12, 2011 CFD traders were selling shares in Next as they approached £23.50, a line which has held its advances several times over the last 17 months. Next updates the market with interims on Thursday, where good catalogue and online sales are expected to offset a 1.7 per cent fall in store sales. Spread Co offers a [...]
Healthcare technology is ready for an upgrade September 12, 2011 THE UK’s healthcare technology companies are producing some the world’s most innovative devices, turning profits and making the world a healthier place. However, the UK’s healthcare system does them a disservice, restricting them from punching even further above their weight. EXCITING PRODUCTS With a market capitalisation of $5.1bn (£3.22bn), Smith and Nephew stands head and [...]
Tech Skills a worry despite the optimism September 12, 2011 SENIOR MARKET UNDERWRITER, TECHMEDIA, ZURICH INSURANCE THE technology sector is under continual pressure to adapt, develop and deliver with a high expectation for innovation. The UK economy thrives in the technology arena as we have a rich vein of creativity and entrepreneurialism, especially emanating from universities and other further education facilities. Arguably the greatest invention [...]
Independent Commission on Banking report will hit FTSE September 11, 2011 AT 7am this morning the Independent Commission on Banking report on reform will be published. It’s widely expected that the main thrust of the report will be to recommend that retail banking is separated – ringfenced – from the investment banking side. That’s a potentially monumental impact on the likes of RBS, Lloyds and Barclays. [...]
Plot trading channels to navigate twists and turns September 11, 2011 CHANNEL trading is a stalwart technique for spread betters – a leading light to help traders set the right course in volatile markets. FOLLOW THE TREND David Jones of IG Index explains that “channel trading is just an extension of trading with the trend.” Jones thinks it is “a sensible way to approach a market.” [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD September 11, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Today, Pan African Resources announces. The Aim-listed company is producing 100,000 ounces of gold per year and will be hoping for glittering results. ● Tomorrow, Abcam and Ashmore both announce. Abcam is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge’s Science Park, which sells research antibodies. ● On Wednesday, Barratt Developments and Galliford Try [...]
THE TIPSTER September 11, 2011 LAST week’s intervention by the Swiss National Bank and some affirmative action to try to stimulate the economy by President Obama suggest that we’ll see more of this Keynesian approach to policy in the months ahead. The bottom line is if it’s translating into cheap money then expect equity markets to find cheer off the [...]
Massow’s back and helping you to save September 11, 2011 FAMED for founding the first company to provide mortgages and life insurance for people in HIV high-risk groups, Ivan Massow’s name used to be all over the papers in the 1990s. He sat on the sofa with Richard and Judy, on a panel on BBC’s Question Time, he was even flatmates with the now education [...]
How to read the news before it happens September 11, 2011 FOUNDING PARTNER, EGO VENTURES AT THE turn of the last century, the New York bootlegger Irving Wexler seemingly achieved the impossible. He predicted the winner of every race he wagered on, reaping handsome rewards for his efforts and confounding peers and bookies in the process. In an industry where everyone searches for an edge, Wexler [...]
Oil and gas companies lead a volatile FTSE to further gains September 8, 2011 BRITAIN’S leading shares ended higher after a volatile session yesterday, as investors emerged for beaten-down growth stocks to put a floor under the market. By the close the FTSE 100 was up 0.4 per cent at 5,340.38 points, taking a rally into a third straight day after an intraday trading range of 100 points, or [...]