Last year we produced a report looking at the UK’s supermarkets – at the time struggling with the rise of discounters like Aldi and Lidl. Tesco stock remains highly popular with our clients, and in trying to ascertain whether it really is a good investment, we need to weigh it up against its major sector…
My colleague Sam got a huge response to his offer last week of help during earnings season. And that’s because he touched on an important subject that affects every trader at some point and goes to show that the devil is indeed in the detail. If you missed his musings or need reminding of what…
It would seem the challenging start to the year is well and truly behind us now with the UK 100 index up 800+ points from the lows seen in February. We still can’t ignore fairy tale moves in UK 100 companies like Anglo American (+230%) and Glencore (+100%) over the same time frame. In terms of…
As my trading colleague mentioned last week, the fact that the UK 100 Index is trading within a tight range has generated mixed response. On the one hand it is a ‘range-traders’ dream with its repeated bounces around 6100 and fall-backs from 6200. And it’s been a month now. On the other hand it is…
It may have been one of the toughest (and exciting) starts to the year for financial markets in a long time, however, those brave enough to call a bottom on certain stocks in Jan and Feb will have done very nicely indeed. In fact, as we write the UK Index index is sitting only 2% from…
The UK Index ’s Oil Majors are weighing on the index this morning, accounting for 11pts of the index’s 65pt drop. This comes as oil prices languish around recent pull-back lows, US and Brent Crude a whole $3-4 a barrel (circa 10%) off their Q1 recovery highs. After a near 50% bounce from 12/13yr lows…