Golden touch as the markets shy from euro debt instability April 17, 2011 FOLLOWING the news of spiking Irish and Greek bond yields there are growing fears that at least some periphery Eurozone countries will have to restructure their debt. Spread betters looking to take a position on the fortunes of Ireland and Greece, as well as their fellow periphery nations, should look to gold as an (inverse) [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT April 17, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● On Tuesday, RBS will hold its AGM. The Treasury, on behalf of British taxpayers, still owns the majority of its shares. ● Tesco will report on Tuesday. Every little helps. Fellow FTSE 100 companies Reed Elsevier and Hargreaves Lansdown will be posting first quarter and third quarter results respectively. It’s a busy [...]
THE TIPSTER April 17, 2011 EARNINGS get into full swing this week. Tomorrow sees retail giant Tesco reporting its prelims. Most retail stocks have had it hard recently, with profit warnings being issued left right and centre, but in the last couple of weeks buyers have been attracted back into these stocks, believing the weakness presents a buying opportunity. Capital [...]
How one designs a web business fit for Royalty April 17, 2011 IN an era when the Queen is on Facebook and Clarence House has a Twitter feed, it is unsurprising that the royal wedding needs an official website. And, of course, that means that someone needed to design it – literally, designing a website fit for a king to be. The people behind it must, therefore, [...]
DON’T BANK ON HOLIDAY GROWTH April 17, 2011 ENTREPRENEUR AND INVESTOR AT THE end of April, as you are more than likely aware by now, there will be just three working days out of a run of 11. Employees may be rejoicing at the thought of this break from the office, but I have mixed feelings about this enforced holiday period. The challenge [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF April 17, 2011 ENTREPRENEURS SUMMIT Investec, the investment bank, is hosting a conference for entrepreneurs on 25 May. Lara Morgan, founder of Pacific Direct, LoveFilm’s Simon Calver, Luke Johnson among others will be speaking. Also, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, will be giving a speech on the economy alongside John Cridland of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). [...]
FTSE falls with investors still cautious ahead of US results April 14, 2011 BRITAIN’S top share index fell yesterday, led by Reckitt Benckiser after the company said its chief executive was retiring, and with banks weaker on renewed worries about sovereign debt levels. The FTSE 100 fell 46.64 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 5,963.80, its lowest close since 31 March. The index is up 1.1 per cent [...]
Defensive sectors support US market April 14, 2011 STOCKS that outperform in a weak economy helped buoy the Dow and S&P 500 yesterday as concerns about faltering growth and inflation prompted investors to seek out less volatile names. Energy shares also rallied as US crude gained more than one per cent. The S&P 500 fell almost one per cent early but found support [...]
UK companies set to unlock profit out of global growth April 13, 2011 TOM Ewing is the engaging and energetic manager of Fidelity’s UK Growth fund, which has over half a billion pounds under management. The 34 year old scours the country looking for undervalued companies that are able to tap into the increasing wealth of consumers in emerging markets. From the powerhouses of the FTSE, down to [...]
Isa funds to combat low rates of interest April 13, 2011 AFTER yesterday’s inflation figures came in at 4 per cent on the CPI measure, it is expected that interest rates will remain at their current low level for near future. The consensus is that we are unlikely to see a rate hike until late in the third or even fourth quarter. This may be good [...]
