Golden opportunity as markets panic Event-risk and growth concerns saw markets return to worrying this week. But savvy investors are already on-board those assets that tend to benefit during times of fear, those that shine bright when market gloom descends. What stocks and commodities can help you deliver gains to offset portfolio losses? A cocktail…
9 June It was hilarious to see the now familiar old, white, male Tories that constitute so much of the ‘Leave’ camp getting all annoyed yesterday in the House of Commons . For once though, it was only indirectly related to the UK’s EU referendum. Clearly, a lot of folks failed to register to vote on time, either because they were muppets…
8 June 2016 Amid heightened chances of an ‘out’ vote on 23 June, this week sees a trio of interconnected stars aligning for UK blue chip companies pre Brexit. First of all, the godsend that was the dire US jobs report last Friday that single handedly tore up any plans the US Fed may have made purporting…
Sainsbury shares have already bid farewell to early gains of 2% to trade flat as reality sinks in and investors focus on a 6-week share price downtrend and potential for a retrace to the 18-month channel floor around 230p via a bearish flag pattern. This after the grocer reported a Q1 same-store sales ex-fuel decline…
7 June 2015 HSBC continues to plod higher. As banking stocks go, it’s not particularly exciting, but HSBC and Asia-focused peer Standard Chartered have experienced somewhat of a reversal of fortunes recently. No longer are they out of favour on account of their over-exposure to things not western. Quite the contrary – it seems that right…
Weir Group shares are among the winners this morning as investors help maintain their recovery trend to post fresh 2016 highs (8-month highs in fact). The recent bounce from Feb rising lows support comes thanks to oil prices looking gung-ho to build upon recent gains and conquer the $50 mark decisively (Brent is already there; US…