I just can’t see it happening. I don’t even need numbers to back up my view. After all, both the Leave and Remain camp are having a hard enough time as it is getting us to believe their numbers. Why should I bother making life hard for myself, claiming to have calculated the Brexit impact correctly…
The oil price has had a good time of late, capped by a spate of profit taking at the end of April this year. Are investors now worried about the ever-present US shale drillers returning their rigs to the vertical? Or is it simply a case of shredded nerves? More pertinently, we wonder whether the exploration…
A quick heads up. We’re noting a lot going on to do with air pollution today, and it really does seem to be the topic of the moment as we round off the week. As yet more revelations surface about car emissions in the wake of last year’s VW scandal, it’s now become apparent that…
This week has been a cracker for those trading around corporate results, with updated quarterly financials providing attractive share prices moves for both long-term investors and short-term traders. How did you and your positions fare? Were you proactive or reactive? Were you on the right side of the risers and fallers or were you chasing…
International Consolidated Airlines shares are testing 2-month lows despite what would appear to be a decent set of Q1 results. Eh? What’s not to like about a welcome return to profitability in the seasonally weak first quarter (it’s been 5 years!) and operating performance helped by the Aer Lingus acquisition? Well, what’s disappointing those prepared…
The UK banks have once again handed investors a big dollop of volatility around Q1 results, showing that the devil is indeed in the details of sometimes complex and confusing earnings reports. Lloyds Banking Group shares kicked off today’s session in particularly vicious fashion as fuel for both bulls and bears was mined from its…