LSE Market News

Lucian Miers often finds himself overshadowed by the larger than life figure that is Evil Knievil (Simon Cawkwell). The two men sometimes share ideas and bear raids but on other occasions they disagree. They are very much their “own men.” I sense that perhaps because of his casual and light hearted approach to life, folks […]

Shares in the retailer were flat all day until…the second tip of the day on ADVFN’s new free service OneFreesharetip.com appeared. Today’s tipster was ADVFN CEO Clem Chambers who tipped French (LSE: FCCN) at 29.75p in the middle. It did not take long for the shares to reach 33.5p before closing the day at 30.75p […]

Munitions and pyrotechnic supplier Chemring (LSE:CHG) started 2013 with a display of fireworks in the boardroom, to which investors have expressed their appreciation in trading that saw the company’s share price skyrocket by 7%, up 16.70 pence to 255.00 by early afternoon. In two separate press releases this morning Chemring CEO, Mark Papworth, announced a […]

Sometimes you do wonder about some of the folks running AIM listed companies. Is there some sort of secret sweepstake CEO’s hold each year to see who can act like the biggest knob with a press release that sends investors the wrong way. If so, AIM listed Bellzone Mining (LSE: BZM) put in a strong late […]

The price of a tonne of iron has raced ahead from lows of $86.50 in September to reach $145.50 in Asian trade this week. Why has this happened? Will it last? And how to play it? Let’s start with the easy one? Why? China. PMI data for November just before Christmas encouraged folks into believing that […]

Shares in AIM listed Port Erin Biopharma (LSE:PEBI) jumped by almost 15% today to 6p. The whole movement occurred after the stock was recommended by the new Onefreesharetip.com service as its inaugural share tip. For what it is worth the target price is 9p. If you missed out on this share tip from myself do […]

From our Washington Correspondent: Following a series of protracted negotiations the US government reached an agreement to prevent the implementation of a series of tax rises and spending cuts, known as the “fiscal cliff”. Global markets responded positively to the news with the FTSE100 passing 6000 for the first time since July 2011 and Hong […]

– Breaking News – Following the apparent resolution of the US Fiscal Cliff saga, the FTSE is back above 6000 for the first time since the summer slump kicked off in July 2011. The breakthrough is not solely down to the Fiscal Cliff agreement, as 2012 saw a global rally in equities whilst central banks […]

Since Boxing Day I have diligently published first my macro assumptions for 2013 and then once a day a share tip for 2013. The six tips so far have appeared in various places. The 7th will go out at around noon on 2nd January. The six to date include three gold miners, one income play […]

I promised something for everyone in my 2013 seven tips of the year. The penny stock is still to come. You have been served up a great income play and a profitable growth play plus one mining stock. There were four mining stocks vying for three places in my (hopefully) magnificent seven. This one made […]