Simon Goodson, the Director of Investor Relations at Rolls-Royce, has a positive outlook for the company’s future; despite Emirates’s recent decision to pull out of an order of 70 Airbus A-350 aircraft, which led to a 3% shrinkage in company’s order book. In fact, Mr. Goodson labelled these events as a “bump in the road”, […]
Ron William, founder and chief strategist at RWA Market Advisory, says that the seasonal volatility (VIX) risk is overdue. He anticipates a key level at 22% and explains the supporting evidence which points to an equity market down trend in the latter part of 2014. Here Ron explains the likely effect of this and how […]
Sash Tusa, aerospace and defence analyst at Edison, says that while Boeing fell short of the number of orders received by Airbus at the Farnborough Airshow, UK defence contractors are the real losers from the event. Mr Tusa said that so long as there is little political will, in the UK, to raise defence spending […]
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A survey from Markit, undertaken for the Financial Times, shows that short positions in the market are at the lowest level since before the financial crisis. IG analyst Chris Beauchamp explains that equities are the default option. The comments in this video do not constitute investment advice and IG accepts no responsibility for any use […]
Former MPC and senior economic advisor to PwC, Andrew Sentance says the Bank of England needs to start raising rates or risk being behind the curve and believes that ‘MPC members need to put votes where their mouths are’. Mr Sentance thinks the UK economy will continue to perform reasonably well this year, with slower […]
Having recently reorganised internally, as well as securing a contract with Mexico’s national oil company and as a ship management joint venture, it has been a busy period for SeaEnergy. Its CEO John Aldersey-Williams discusses these developments with Sara Walker, as well as the company’s attempts to return to profit. Mr Aldersey-Williams acknowledges SeaEnergy’s recent […]
Trader, author and technical analyst, Mercedes Van Essen sees gold going to $1,300 before turning down to around $1,200, possibly below that. She says the longer term cyclical pattern supports one more downward move before a significant move to the upside at which point she thinks it will go up to around $2,400. When it […]
Charting the markets: The most coveted currency among traders, but can cable’s rally continue? Technical Analyst Nicole Elliott says there is a really big stumbling block around $1.70. She wants to see it close comfortably above that level on June 30 before she can be confident the bull run will continue. If it does then […]
The proposed merger between Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail is now cleared for completion. Bryan Roberts from Kantar Retail says that there is a long term plan for the two companies to enable greater connectivity between smart phones and consumer goods. investment advice and IG accepts no responsibility for any use that may be made […]
Brian Roberts from Kantar Retail tells IG that the the £3.8 billion merger between Dixons and Carphone Warehouse would benefit both parties equally as there was no “competitive overlap” between the two operations. He also believes that the deal is centred around the “anticipation” of “connectivity”. This is the long term assumption that consumers will […]
Please remember that your capital is at risk. Sprint markets are super-fast, limited-risk trades. With 1, 2, 5, 20 or 60-minute timeframes, you predict whether a market price will be higher or lower at expiry. To find out more go to http://www.ig.com/uk/sprint-markets-binaries Although binaries are limited risk, you should be aware that there is still […]
Financial spread betting is the tax free alternative to trading where you bet on whether a market will go up, or down. There is no tax, no commission, and no stamp duty. Find out what you need to know in order to start placing bets – from the logistics, to the benefits, and everything in […]
