Informa chiefs make £60k cash call profit

They bought 158,788 shares in the FTSE 100 company at 400p in Thursday’s share placing, in which only institutional shareholders could participate.

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Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 4/13/20 – 4/17/20 [PREMIUM]

Below is a weekly summary of our research findings for 4/13/20 through 4/17/20. These summaries give you a quick snapshot of our content the past week so that you can quickly decide what’s relevant to your investing needs. Subscribers: To receive…

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FxPro Daily Insight for April 17

The VIX volatility index fell back below 40. DAX is up 3.4%, CAC40 + 3.7%, FTSE100 +2.9%. DXY is losing 0.3% today after rising 0.5% on Thursday.

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Trading the Trend – two under the radar breakout plays

Lockdown continues – and hopefully the volatility too. For the last few weeks, I have seen only my screens, my gym, and my bed. Last week’s highlight of AA. carried on rising nicely, and other stocks have been moving quickly too.
I also made some progr…

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Equity Factor Performance During the 2010s [PREMIUM]

Are equity factors used in leading models of stock returns reliable performers in practice? In his March 2020 paper entitled “Factor Performance 2010-2019: A Lost Decade?”, David Blitz measures performances of factors tracked in the Kenneth…

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A closer look at equity placings – AUTO, HOTC, JOUL, SWMS, and SSPG

I’ve been doing some digging into equity placings. It could be a good lead for identifying opportunities. Companies will go bust in this lockdown but larger publicly listed operations generally have better access to funding and so should stand more cha…

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FTSE 100 Rallies On Coronavirus Drug Hopes

The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 160 points, or 2.85 percent, at 5,788 after gaining 0.6 percent on Thursday. Miners Anglo American and Antofagasta …

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FTSE 100, DAX and S&P 500 lifted by drug news

The FTSE 100 surged from the lows of the week, potentially reviving the more bullish view. However, if the price is at risk of creating a lower high at …

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Why UK investors should look to tech and US

This may sound surprising given the FTSE 100 is populated by some very high-yielding firms, including many traditional income stocks I have referred …

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