Traders analyse #Twitter to predict market movements May 22, 2011 LAST week, Derwent Capital Markets launched the world’s first social-media-based hedge fund. The $40m fund will use Twitter to guide its investments, monitoring a selection of tweets to gauge market sentiment before making trades. Spread betters hearing this news will be pricking up their ears and thinking about how this could be applied to their [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT May 22, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● British Land announces its results today. Recent good news includes the fact it has pre-let around a third of its Cheesegrater skyscraper to Aon. ● On Tuesday, Marks & Spencer will deliver its results. In 1941, the Westminster based retailer raised £5,000 to pay for a Spitfire fighter called “The Marksman”. Shareholders [...]
THE TIPSTER May 22, 2011 NO FRILLS airline Ryanair has seen its share price on the up since March, and with oil prices falling, the stock is finding further support. It is due to report figures today and the expectations are that passenger numbers have increased. Capital Spreads quotes 3.54p-3.58p. Optimism has increased about tomorrow’s first quarter Marks and Spencer [...]
The man who knows how to make a splash May 22, 2011 MONEY and recognition motivates me,” Tim Weller, the founder of Incisive Media tells me. “Oh and passing on what I’ve learnt to other entrepreneurs. I just think if I’d know what I know now, I would have got here much faster. That’s why I’m speaking at the City A.M. and Entrepreneurs World Conference.” THE RISE [...]
Five ways to make sure the cash flows May 22, 2011 NO SMALL business owner wants to hear yet more about how tight lending conditions are at the moment. The pressure this can put on a business’s cash flow is often unbearable and is one of the most common reasons many businesses buckle. But before blaming the banks, there is scope for entrepreneurs to work with [...]
Small gains on Wall Street May 19, 2011 THE DOUBLING of social network LinkedIn’s shares in its market debut yesterday dominated the stock market in an otherwise lacklustre session, in which equities rebounded from recent losses. Many investors have resigned themselves to a patch of economic weakness over the summer. Stocks have been resilient, only falling 1.5 per cent, but the S&P is [...]
Energy shares drive FTSE May 19, 2011 ENERGY and banking stocks propelled Britain’s FTSE 100 higher yesterday as commodities trading giant Glencore made its London Stock Exchange debut. As the London market closed, Glencore’s shares on the grey market were trading around the widely expected launch price of 530p. Glencore will be added to the FTSE 100 index as from the start [...]
Land Securities and miners lead the FTSE index to gains May 18, 2011 STRONG energy stocks and miners drove Britain’s top shares higher yesterday as investors welcomed results from Land Securities. The FTSE 100 index ended up 62.49 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 5,923.49. Other London indices followed suit, with the FTSE 250 closing up 51.55 points, or 0.4 per cent at 11,887.54 and the FTSE AIM [...]
US stocks rebound on strong earnings May 18, 2011 WALL Street snapped its three-day losing streak yesterday thanks to a rebound in commodity prices and Dell’s strong earnings, but investors say stocks still face headwinds. Yesterday’s bounce gave some respite to selling that has driven the S&P 500 down nearly two per cent this month as soft economic data has put investors on the [...]
The Eurozone’s crisis isn’t holding back its most dynamic companies May 18, 2011 ALTHOUGH the slow-motion car crash of the Eurozone crisis is threatening the single currency, focusing on the monetary disaster could distract from potential income from European funds thriving from economic growth in emerging markets. The Eurozone’s troubles won’t help the UK’s aversion towards funds invested in European equities. After all, Portugal’s bailout is just another [...]
