Markets return to normal – but what’s normal?
With the US government shut down at an end and the debt ceiling crisis kicked into the long grass, at least for the time being, […]
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Markets now preparing for dramatic end to 2013
As we all know trading during the summer months has always been tricky with thin liquidity adding an extra layer of volatility, but yesterday’s Labor […]
Forecast for the markets this week
This week of course, the financial markets are really only concerned with one event – no, not whether President Obama gets to keep his job […]
Market forecast for next week
Risk sentiment wained last week sending equities and commodities lower, whilst Spanish bond yields climbed, as investors moved away from riskier assets and into safe […]
Market forecast following statements from Draghi and Bernanke
The last seven days have seen the financial markets dominated by two key items of fundamental news. The first from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in his annual […]
Forecast and outlook for UK and US stock markets
If we start with the London market the recent bullish trend in the FTSE100 was signalled back in July 2010, where we saw a strong […]
My stock portfolio update
As we head towards the end of another trading year, I thought it was time to review our portfolio of stocks that I suggested back […]
Outlook For Stocks In 2011
The recent rally in global equities which began in early September shows no signs of abating just yet, and despite the recent problems in Europe, […]