Stocks to bounce back despite US jobs fright July 10, 2011 THE FTSE is expected to climb back up above the 6,000 level this morning, after US stocks staged a rebound from the lows on Friday when stock markets globally were hit by the dismal jobs data. Just 18,000 new jobs were created in June, compared to analyst expectations of anything up to 175,000. The FTSE [...]
WALL STREET WEEK AHEAD July 10, 2011 WALL Street heads into earnings season this week playing a typical game: worrying about results a lot, and then rallying on pleasant surprises. Analysts have been lowering earnings estimates of late and nervousness about the US economic picture abounds, especially after Friday’s poor June jobs report. However, profit growth could still be strong in the [...]
Taking a position on US jobs, rate hikes and Euro-geddon July 10, 2011 SPREAD betting has changed the way that retail clients can get exposure to financial markets, and spread bet providers are constantly coming up with new ways to allow easy access to an ever increasing range of markets. Though forex, commodity and equity markets can give you access to most market movements, here are three offerings [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT July 10, 2011 COMPANIES ● Today, Michael Page International delivers its second quarter trading update. The company was formed in 1976 by Michael Page and Bill McGregor. ● On Wednesday, Sainsbury holds its AGM. On the same day Marks & Spencer will report. It will be hoping for not just ordinary results, but… ● Also on Wednesday, J [...]
THE TIPSTER July 10, 2011 THE majority of global equity markets are fast approaching year to date highs, but the story doesn’t hold true in Italy. The Eurozone sovereign debt worries certainly aren’t going away, Italian banks are struggling and the Mib has dropped over 6 per cent during the last week. Add to the mix the fact yields on [...]
Office Space July 10, 2011 Tall is beautiful: London’s towers Look west: three new Ealing developments as Crossrail improves its City connections
All the world buys into London July 10, 2011 Office Space CENTRAL London looks set to be the prime beneficiary of a renewed appetite for direct investment into UK commercial property. The capital already tops the league table of largest global property investment markets, netting close on £11bn in 2010, significantly more than closest rivals Tokyo, Paris and New York. And the prospects for [...]
Focus on Ealing: West is the best July 10, 2011 Office Space WITH the clamour and disruption of Crossrail making itself known across central London, investors can seek consolation in turning their thoughts to its profitable prospects in one of London’s most tranquil outposts. Ealing, dubbed “Queen of Suburbs” by no less an authority than Nikolaus Pevsner, will benefit from not one but two Crossrail [...]
The big picture: London property July 10, 2011 Office Space IT’S a game of two halves for central London’s commercial property market: an early trip to the showers for the office sector, while the retail sector is playing into extra time. Across London’s core office pitches, from the financial zones of Canary Wharf and the City, to the media and head office blocks [...]
The 9 projects that show the future of commercial space July 10, 2011 Office Space ACROSS the capital, thrilling new commercial buildings are springing up, from the City’s twenty-first century office towers to Europe’s largest urban shopping centre at Stratford. Andrew Deverell-Smith, managing director of property recruitment specialists Deverell Smith Recruitment, says “for those of us with so much at stake in the property industry, it is refreshing [...]
