Lately, I’ve watched lots of golf videos. I consider this the internet’s nosy/cheeky/suggestive way of reminding me I’m an average, fair-weather golfer, with Summer approaching and the US Open on the TV this weekend. I like these videos because I don’t play often enough but I’m curious how to improve my game, to ensure I…
The UK 100 is holding this week’s rebound, +2.7% from a revisit of March lows, shifting from a 2-week end-May falling channel into a fresh rising channel to make for a positive start to the new month and quarter. This is in spite of Trade tensions having ratcheted up a notch, President Trump now threatening…
“I missed that 10% rally; I’m so angry“. I hear this a lot. But rarely does it mean missed in the sense that the client was totally unaware. More often than not it means the client has been watching the share price bounce and rally, and regrets not having bought into the recovery. But you can’t always…
The UK 100 is holding above 7130 twin support (horizontal, shallow rising) but remains in a falling channel from 7373 highs. Drivers of the decline since mid-month are US-China trade dispute (and now US-Mexico) and increased appetite for bonds rather than equities. After a 3% sell-off, however, has the correction run its course? Are we…
Dividends: your share of profits; reward for taking the risk of investing. But not all payments are equal. While traditional shareholders must wait for the payment date others can be paid up to 50 days earlier. How? CFDs are a cash-settled derivative, based on the underlying share price. You can trade any rise (or fall) in the underlying share…
The UK 100 is both off its lows and its highs into the long weekend. We are sideways, and uncertain whether this is the beginning of a second bounce from 7210 towards prior highs of 7500. Or is today’s bounce petering out at 7300 for another leg down, for a revisit of 7210, perhaps even 7129. Bulls…