The UK Economy

FTSE 100 (FTSE:UKX) has been going upwards since the middle of December 2013. This is a trend that is supposed to be sustained for the most part of this year. On the chart, the price is above the EMA 21, which is sloping upwards; while the MACD (standard settings) has both its histogram and signal […]

I like to scan the headlines before I do any real reading or in-depth research. There are times when this practice can be anything from humorous to downright confusing. That’s especially true when comparing operational performance to share price performance, and even more so when comparing the share price and the operational results of two […]

We haven’t even had time to fully digest the significance of the news of Ben van Beurden assuming the role of CEO at Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA); (LSE:RDSB) and we are already hearing that RDS intends to divest $15 billion in assets, beginning immediately and continuing through 2015. Investor response thus far has been restrained, with […]

I’m not one to beat a dead horse, but I do believe that one should stay on topic until at least some people ”get it” before moving on. My article, “Retail Wearing the Emperor’s New Clothes,” was published by ADVFN just a few days ago, on Friday, 10 January. In it I pointed out that […]

If the holiday season did anything for investors, it highlighted an issue that most really prefer to ignore. The retail sector is in trouble. UK stalwarts, like Morrisons (LSE:MRW), Tesco (LSE:TSCO) and Sainsbury (LSE:SBRY) share prices have pulled the London Exchange lower as each reported dismal sales during the season. Because we all see the […]

The share price of department store giant, Debenhams (LSE:DEB) was already falling, closing down more than 4.0% yesterday, when it wrecked the halls and the boughs of holly for its suppliers with a Christmas gift that it gave to itself at its suppliers’ expense. Debenhams share price has dropped another 2.2% today to 80.20 after […]

Europa Oil & Gas (LSE:EOG) have announced a detailed placing and open offer to raise approximately £4 million. The funds will be used to drill an additional well onshore UK in 2014; to advance the Company’s Irish Atlantic Margin licences where it partners with Kosmos Energy; and to participate in the next Irish Licensing Round. […]

When Perry Como (a pre-Beatles, American crooner) sang “When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie – That’s Amoré,” I looked up “amoré” in the dictionary and decided if that’s what love is like, I didn’t want any part of it.  Of course, I was only about ten years old, so I […]

Following the publication of its first half report this morning, Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LSE:BKG) share price increased by 11.17% (255.0 pence) to 2,537.0. Even if they did not read the entire report, investors had to be appropriately impressed by Managing Director, R C Perrins’ opening remarks, in which he said that he was “pleased […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote and the FTSE100 correction has taken yet another leg down (that’s a 5.2% correction from the top). In fact the bad start to December is either here to scupper any […]