The UK Index ’s Miners, beloved of retail investors, have been doing rather well of late, posting gains of up to 15% since Trump’s election on hopes he will unleash a huge programme of fiscal stimulus and US infrastructure spending. This fresh requirement of raw materials like Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Iron ore, etc, could breathe a…
With December already upon us, you might be thinking that you’ve missed the chance to benefit from trading this year’s major market moves by jumping on board during the aftermath. This year has provided so many attractive opportunities for traders to take advantage of massive directional movements from Equities, Indices, Currencies and Commodities, a clean sweep…
Having shone near the top of the on Tuesday with a 3% boost from OFCOM’s formal requirement that incumbent rival BT hive off the Openreach network infrastructure division that other operators have little choice but to piggy back, the tables have turned for TALK shareholders. Today they find themselves holding the index wooden spoon, their…
Or once again is the world’s largest cartel over-promising and under-producing the goods? So far a plethora of OPEC oil ministers have left their respective Viennese hotels with a chorus of optimistic statements that a deal will be reached at today’s meeting which begins imminently. However, the meeting holds the real prospect of no agreement being…
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has once again shown how sensible he is, using a press conference to accompany bad news to calm investor nerves before the stock markets opened. Last time he did this was June 24th, the morning of Brexit, praised for being the only political-like figure (remember he’s not a politician,…
Shares in TalkTalk are near the top of the this morning on news that UK Telecom regulator OFCOM is formally requiring incumbent BT to separate its Openreach network infrastructure division into a legally separate entity. It’s long-standing aim has been to give the division more autonomy in terms of strategy, operations and budget, but with…