Banks

Sources close to David Nish, CEO of Standard Life (LSE:SL.)have reported hearing him sing a new version of an old song behind his closed office doors of late. Today, he sang his song in public on the occasion of the publication of the company’s full year’s results for 2013. Standard’s share price fell by 1.17% today […]

Annual Trading Forecast on Bank of America (2014) The Bank of America stock (NYSE:BAC) is expected to rally further after the current pullback – for the dominant bias is bullish. Also, we need to be wary of fundamental effects which can also have impact on the price.   4 EMAs are used for the analysis. […]

The headlines are ablaze this morning perpetuating a rumor that RBS (LSE:RBS) will announce next Thursday (27 February) that it will be slashing 30,000 jobs. I initially ignored the hype as a basis for a story today for three reasons: It’s still only a rumor The rumor is spreading like wildfire I’ve got one eye […]

The share price of Monitise (LSE:MONI), the AIM-listed mobile telecommunications company have been making a comeback today after falling dramatically from yesterday’s close at 70.50 to 65.52 by 8:25 GMT. At the moment (3:39 pm), the shares have rallied, but are still more than 2% down on the day. This activity may seem puzzling for […]

Lloyd’s shares (LSE:LLOY) are currently going south, but the southward move is expected to be limited. This is a strong bearish correction in what is a great opportunity to go long with a good bargain. Interestingly, the price has recently refused to close below the EMA 21, while the Williams’ % Range noses upwards. The […]

According to CEO Antonia Horta-Osorio, Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) is now back to normal. We can’t be sure whether he said that in his lengthy commentary in the group’s 2013 final results to calm investors about the status of the bank or about the size of his bonus. Whatever he meant, it probably hasn’t been […]

Barclays stock (LSE:BARC) is not an attractive market right now, but it may go northward this year. 4 EMAs – 10, 20 50 and 200 are used in the chart. The color that stands for each EMA is shown at the top left part of the chart. The bullish effort that happened in January 2014 […]

That’s right! I don’t want to write about Barclays (LSE:BARC)! You probably think that means that Mr. Chambers is making me do it. That is simply not the case. I don’t want to write about Barclays because everyone else is writing about Barclays today. I don’t want to write about Barclays because they are a […]

Have you ever wondered why there are analysts and economists? The analysts are buried in the down and dirty, devilish details, whilst the economists step back and view things on a much broader scale. The analysts exist to drive investors crazy and the economists exist to help us not get caught up in the anxiety […]

The Amsterdam market of Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE:ICE), today saw the launch of trading in Rabobank Certificates (NYSE:RABO). The Rabobank Certificates are deeply subordinated investment products that enable investors to participate in Rabobank, an international financial service provider operating on a cooperative basis. The certificates...