BEST OF THE BROKERS September 11, 2011 WM MORRISON Deutsche Banks rate the supermarket group as “hold” with a target price of 310p, up from 272p. Following results last week, the broker says Morrisons is in a good place relative to other UK food retailers, but lacks growth potential compared to other stocks in the sector. If the supermarket does not achieve [...]
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 [...]
Getting the taste for luxury marketing September 11, 2011 WE’VE all heard people say that good restaurants and products don’t need to advertise, but how exactly do you launch a luxury brand without doing so? We ask Penfolds, a high-end wine producer, how it markets its brand. 1. SCARCITY “There has to be an element of scarcity to any high-end product,” says Mathew Bird, [...]
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 [...]
PRIVATE COMPANIES TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT PWC BUSINESS AWARDS September 11, 2011 THERE is no reason private companies can’t be as glamorous as their listed counterparts, says PwC, whose Private Business Awards rewarded the companies that support society alongside delivering annual profits. Like Bikeworks, winner of the Social Enterprise of the Year award, where co-directors Dave Miller and Jim Blakemore run apprenticeship schemes that train young offenders [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK September 11, 2011 ANOTHER change of season, another excuse for JP Morgan bankers to try the new autumnal menu at Gaucho in Smithfield. As it happened, the party of ten enjoyed the guinea fowl and venison dish so much they ordered it twice, followed by an extra main course of black cod, on special that day. Since it [...]
The New Forest’s star keeps on rising with this new low-key gem September 11, 2011 THE New Forest is having something of a moment. Thanks to one of Britain’s most insightful hoteliers, in late 2009 it gained the glamorous five-star country house hotel and spa Lime Wood, which was bang on the money for today’s metropolitan weekenders; and now its sister hotel The Pig has opened this summer to much [...]
