Sterling rewards when surfing silver December 5, 2010 SILVER traders might feel like the comic book character the Silver Surfer (pictured above) when they sit down to Christmas dinner this year. Surfing the silver wave has been a very profitable affair. The precious metal hit a 30-year high in August and has even outperformed gold as shown by the gold: silver price ratio. [...]
WINNER: Champion Trader *** December 5, 2010 HANDY scalping, some recklessly large position sizes and a close eye on the news helped Jason Khan, an account manager at email marketing company Silverpop, be crowned Champion Trader. Khan managed to turn £10,000 into an astounding £350,017 between 1 November and 1 December, beating almost 2,000 other participants to the grand prize of £6,000. [...]
THE TIPSTER December 5, 2010 THE Scottish oil producer, Cairn Energy, has seen its share price knocked thanks to a fruitless drilling operation off Greenland back in October, but last week’s award of a new exploration license is injecting a degree of life back into the stock. That, in addition to the painfully slow ongoing attempt to dispose of part [...]
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS GURU December 5, 2010 CHIEF TECHNICAL ANALYST sandy.jadeja@cityindex.co.uk Q. Dear Sandy, I heard the saying “don’t get married to the market”. What does this mean? A. We’re not talking literally here, surprisingly enough. In the current market environment where the FTSE 100 recently declined 6 per cent some traders were said to be married to their positions. What does [...]
Top family ski hotspots December 5, 2010 WHISTLER, Canada NESTLED in the Coast Mountain range, about two hours north of Vancouver in far Western Canada, Whistler-Blackcomb is North America’s largest ski resort. It is also one of its best, having hosted much of the Vancouver Winter Olympics last year. Whistler is not just for Olympians, however – it is a wonderful resort [...]
TRAVEL NOTES December 5, 2010 Run away for Christmas If you experience a sudden urge to run away to the mountains this Christmas, the fabulous five star Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains in glitzy St Moritz still has space. As well as the world-class skiing, the hotel also offers complimentary access to its high alpine spa and a gala dinner [...]
Farrell junior comes of age December 5, 2010 SARACENS (26) vs HARLEQUINS (14) SARACENS coach Andy Farrell was full of paternal pride after his son, Owen, inspired his side to a narrow Premiership victory over Harlequins. The 19-year-old fly-half controlled proceedings with a maturity beyond his years and contributed 16 points with the boot, kicking four penalties and converting tries from David Strettle [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS December 5, 2010 WHO swam and who sank? City A.M sorts the champs from the chumps. WINNER SAMIR NASRI The France schemer took his goals tally for the season into double figures with an ultra classy brace against Fulham. Nine of Nasri’s 11 goals have come when Cesc Fabregas has been missing. WINNER RICKY BURNS Scotland’s big hope Ricky [...]
Grant insists Hammers will beat the drop December 5, 2010 SUNDERLAND (1) vs WEST HAM (0) WEST HAM manager Avram Grant remains adamant his side will stave off relegation despite seeing the Hammers slide back to the bottom of the Premier League table following defeat at Sunderland. Consecutive home wins against Wigan in the league and Manchester United in the Carling Cup quarter-final had hinted at a possible [...]
Fifa upheaval is England’s best hope of a winning bid December 5, 2010 BY 2030, the next time England could possibly host the World Cup, I expect Fifa to have changed. I think the Football Association will lobby massively for that to happen following the ridiculous humiliation they endured over their bid to host it in 2018. That change could mean each member association having one vote, instead [...]
