Okay, since I managed to stir up a little controversy with my look at debt management company Fairpoint (LON:FRP) last time around, I thought I would stick with this theme and look at another controversial company, this time Blinkx (LON:BLNX).What Do…
Morning everyone, Ben here. Just stepping in to get today’s SCVR rolling… bring on the comments and anything else that’s on your mind this morning. Roland has joined in further down the report to help out, too.
(The last time I tried this, it did eve…
Morning everyone, Ben here. Just stepping in to get today’s SCVR rolling… bring on the comments and anything else that’s on your mind this morning.
(The last time I tried this, it did eventually crossover with Paul so forgive me if it’s a bit of a bu…
Good evening. My apologies for today’s report being so late. As I mentioned on Twitter, this was due to breakfast having an adverse effect on me.We don’t want any gaps in the series, so I’ll belatedly have a run through today’s results amp; trading upd…
Morning everyone, Ben here. Just stepping in to get today’s SCVR rolling… bring on the comments and anything else that’s on your mind this morning.(The last time I tried this, it did eventually crossover with Paul so forgive me if it’s a bit of a bum…
Good morning, it’s Paul here!
Market musings
Confidence seems to be returning to the US markets, after a wobble last week before hurricane Irma. I do wonder if anything can stop this bull market? A commentator wryly remarked yesterday that because eve…
IG Group is a world leader in online foreign exchange (forex)
trading, spread betting and CFDs (contracts for difference) and it’s a
stock I’ve owned for about two years.I bought into the company at 603p in 2014 and since then the shares
have risen …
Businesses able to perform in the current climate of economic vulnerability will attract admirers and offers. Mexican focussed mining giant Fresnillo (LON:FRES) is producing more gold than anticipated, has cost cutting initiatives in place at its pro…
Good morning, it’s Paul here.
Estimated completion time – today’s report has to be finished by lunchtime, as I’m off into London for a meeting in the afternoon. EDIT at 12:20: today’s report is now finished.
Market hours
The Telegraph reports that con…
Should investors consider allocations to products that track equity volatility indexes? In her July 2019 paper entitled “Challenges of Indexation in S&P 500 Index Volatility Investment Strategies”, Margaret Sundberg examines whether beh…
The FTSE 100 is showing signs of life, but the big cap index is still about 7% (500 points) lower than it was three weeks ago. Judging from my Twitter feed, many investors have sold into this market wobble. Some are hoping for bargains, while others ar…
Good morning, it’s Paul here.
Estimated completion time – today’s report has to be finished by lunchtime, as I’m off into London for a meeting in the afternoon.
Market hours
The Telegraph reports that consultations have recently started, to consider s…
Good morning, it’s Paul here.
Estimated completion time – today’s report has to be finished by lunchtime, as I’m off into London for a meeting in the afternoon.
Market hours
The Telegraph reports that consultations have recently started, to consider s…
Good morning! There was bad news for RSM Tenon (LON:TNO 2.25p pre-opening price) shareholders yesterday afternoon, as the shares plunged a further 32% to just 2.25p on an announcement of a possible takeover, but at lower than the current share price. …
Good morning, it’s Paul here. I’ll be looking after you this week.
HQ tell me that subscribers like it when I give a rough idea in advance of anticipated timings for each report. My plan for Monday is to write mainly in the afternoon, with anticipated …
Hargreaves Lansdown is one of the UK’s biggest investment brokers – and like other platforms, one of its eye-catching pages is its “Top of the Stocks” feature. You may have perused lists like this for interest or even made investment decisions off the …
Hargreaves Lansdown is one of the UK’s biggest investment brokers – and like other platforms, one of its eye-catching data features is its top stocks. You may have perused lists like this for interest or even made investment decisions off the back of t…
Mulberry (LON:MUL)Share price: 1096p (-0.3%)No. shares: 60mMarket cap: £658mResults for the six months ended 30 September 2016I hope you’ll forgive me for venturing into mid-cap territory with this richly-priced luxury handbag designer.Current trading…
Can individual investors make a living by day trading? In their July 2019 paper entitled “Day Trading for a Living?”, Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso and Bruno Giovannetti analyze performances of all Brazilian retail investors who begin t…
Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSA, LON:RDSB) usually needs little introduction. It is one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, originally formed in 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport and Trading, although the two companies o…
Good morning!Investing is a team sportAn early report today, as it’s my periodic trip to Reading for an investor lunch today. I’ve been meeting the same small group of investors for lunch every 1-2 months now for the last 14 years, and there are always…
Good morning, it’s Paul here. I’ll be looking after you this week.HQ tell me that subscribers like it when I give a rough idea in advance of anticipated timings for each report. My plan for Monday is to write mainly in the afternoon, with anticipated c…
Everyone loves a bargain but choosing a strategy for finding mispriced shares isn’t as simple as it seems. Eighty years after Ben Graham and David Dodd laid the groundwork for what’s known as value investing, some of the brightest minds in finance are …
In BriefA blue-chip focused screen inspired by the writings of Geraldine Weiss which is focused on buying blue-chip stocks whose dividend yields are near the high of their historical ranges.Background One of the most famous female investors in the worl…
What’s the story with Home Retail?
Home Retail Group (LON:HOME), the group behind out-of-town chains Argos and Homebase could beat previous pre-tax profit forecasts when it releases its full year results this week.
Shares in the group have risen by 32%…
Pre 8 a.m. comments
Communications group Hasgrove (LON:HGV) looks an unusual situation. They seem to have sold off their largest subsidiary, and now have surplus cash of £12.5m as at 10 May 2013. They intend returning £10.25m of this cash to sharehold…
Pre 8 a.m. comments
Communications group Hasgrove (LON:HGV) looks an unusual situation. They seem to have sold off their largest subsidiary, and now have surplus cash of £12.5m as at 10 May 2013. They intend returning £10.25m of this cash to sharehold…
Last week in Part 6, we looked at Equivolume. This week, we look at one of the more established and quite straight forward technical analytical approaches to gauging the sentiment of any given stock market: Market Breadth.
What is market breadth?
Marke…
Globo (LON:GBO) (32.75p and 2.2% of JIC portfolio) I attended a brief presentation by Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, the Founder and Chief Executive of Globo on Tuesday. I left with a greater understanding of what the opportunity is for the Company. It i…
In Part 9, we dug into the world of price patterns. This week, in Part 10 of our blog series, we explore a common method used in the world of maths and finance to find trends in data; that of moving averages. The moving average is a highly effective, m…
