8 December 2015 Commodity prices continue to fall, looking like they’d prefer to be back in the ground themselves and…
A stubborn Saudi Arabia & fellow cartel member producers decided not to curb crude oil output. Surprised? Neither were we. But what follows from Friday’s OPEC meeting is that crude oil prices will remain lower for longer, and essentially range bound, since no one wants to work together to relieve oil’s woes. Falling oil prices…
Berkeley dividend hike hands chairman £100m windfall Guardian – 4 Dec http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/04/berkeley-dividend-hike-hands-chairman-100m-windfall Berkeley Group rewarded for higher dividend payout plan News.markets – 4 Dec http://news.markets/shares/berkeley-group-rewarded-higher-dividend-payout-plan-6140/ Aktien New York Ausblick: Nach Arbeitsmarktbericht winken Kursgewinne Finanzen.net – 4 Dec http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/Aktien-New-York-Ausblick-Nach-Arbeitsmarktbericht-winken-Kursgewinne-4641445 Berkeley jumps as housebuilder unveils dividend policy hike, but chairman…
4 December 2015 What a week for the markets – just as we were waiting for things to ‘liven up’ ahead of the festive holidays. We started the week full of optimism ahead of the all-important European Central bank (ECB) policy update. Come crunch…
4 December 2015 It may develop flats buts its shares are anything but this morning, with Berkeley Group (BKG) testing fresh all-time highs, building on a recent 3200p breakout thanks to a handsome set of H1 results. Investors like the look of a solid first half with sales +11.7% and underlying profits +10.2% –…
A good question. To answer it we need to look at the two markets that are featuring heavily in December. With China and emerging markets hanging out in the background, it’s the US and Eurozone that are top of the bill. The Euro rallied prior to today’s disappointing ECB announcement both on technical grounds and…