Analyst picks for 13 March 2012 March 12, 2012 FOREX STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Buy dollar-yen from ¥80.00 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 6 months The market is doing a good job of showing the potential formation of a major cyclical bottom after closing above the weekly Ichimoku cloud for the first time since July 2007. We could be in [...]
Twin products for the skilled trader March 12, 2012 MARKET volatility is often a problem for investors. But some, with the talent and bravery to turn turbulence into a boon for their portfolios, make good use of a pair of derivative products – contracts for difference (CFD) and spread betting. How should you choose which to use? Functionally, they are more similar than different. [...]
THE TIPSTER March 12, 2012 GLOBAL food and beverage company PepsiCo announced plans to install former Wal-Mart executive Brian Cornell to head its largest and most profitable unit. This is seen as a positive move which could shake up positions within the company, as existing chief executive Indra Nooyi has been unable to bring the share price back to its [...]
US announcements will top and tail the week March 11, 2012 TODAY With no major economic or corporate announcements in the UK, one would assume that trading will be fairly quiet. But the market has plenty to digest from the tail end of the previous week. Non-farm payroll and unemployment numbers are likely to dictate trading activity across most asset classes for a couple of days. [...]
The unfolding story of London’s iconic bicycle March 11, 2012 ANDREW Ritchie, founder and technical director of Brompton Bicycle brought his folding bike to market through perseverance and a little help from his friends. Talking with him in the company’s factory in Brentford, where every Brompton bike is made, it is instantly clear that he realises that success, and the accolades that followed, weren’t a [...]
GENERATING A BUSINESS OUT OF GOOD IDEAS March 11, 2012 PEOPLE have brilliant ideas every day. That eureka moment that makes you stop and think, if I could invent a solution to this problem, I would make millions. But where do you go from there? Unsurprisingly, most people grind to a halt once they have had that all important light bulb moment and do not [...]
UK manufacturing does not need favours – but it deserves a better press March 11, 2012 BRITAIN’S greatness was built upon the brains and brawn of our industrial revolution. Excepting sporadic flourishes of genius, we hit our stride when great minds turned their energies to the tasks of extracting, designing, building and moving the world’s wants. Machines replaced the labour of men, so those born poor could work their family out [...]
ETF portfolios will transform investing March 11, 2012 THE inability of many active managers to beat their index over a year should shock investors. Their failure over a longer period of time should have them running for the hills. Through luck or judgement some outperform, but often not for long, and picking those that do is a lottery. Investors of the future may [...]
FTSE books biggest rise for a month as optimism increases March 8, 2012 BRITAIN’S top share index recorded its biggest daily rise in over a month yesterday, boosted by optimism about the US economic outlook as well as the outcome of Greece’s debt negotiations, although charts indicated that momentum could falter. Cyclical stocks, which tend to perform in tandem with economic growth, rose as US jobless claims data [...]
Greece helps US regain week’s loss March 8, 2012 US stocks rose yesterday, recovering most of the week’s losses, after Greece moved closer to a bond swap with private creditors to avoid a messy default. Earlier in the week, the S&P 500 posted its first big loss for the year on fears of a disorderly default in Greece. Now it is down just 0.3 [...]
