This week Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) fired a bazooka at the Eurozone economy which led to impressive triple-digit moves for global equity indices. Great news for our clients. Next week could prove to be just as exciting, with statements due from both the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the US…
With the UK 100 set to end the week 200pts higher (+3.4%), now is a very good time to start thinking about one sector that’s hugely popular with traders and investors alike. Love them or loathe them, the UK’s blue chip banks regularly provide us with some of the juiciest trading opportunities – they’re liquid,…
15 Jan 2016 For those who trade the financial markets, there’s no such thing as bad news. Sure, the headlines have not been pretty this week but the wealth of worthy trading opportunities has been astounding. This week we saw the start of Earnings season when the Supermarkets pleased…
18 Dec 2015 The markets have had little on their mind recently bar that ‘momentous’ decision to raise US interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. Following that, attention has come back to emerging markets and their old buddies, commodities. Of course, market volatility is always good…
9 October 2015 The UK 100 is on course for its best week in almost 4 years (+5%) having rebounded 10% from September lows and there’s potential for a return to April’s 7000. After the sharp August sell-off and the index trading with a ‘5’ in front for 6 weeks, to be able to discuss…
9 October 2015 Following our most recent marketing report (Top 10 Stocks for Q4) in the wake of the steep summer sell-off, and thanks to big rebounds by many big names we have had a slew of client requests about ‘which stocks are trading closet to all-time lows?’ Due to some companies being listed for…