18 Feb 2014 @ 18:23
As companies go, Clean Air Power (
LSE:CAP) is nowhere near being a dominant world force. With a market cap of just under £20 million and five consecutive years of losses, it’s not a not a company that has been able to spark a great deal of investor interest. However, the Clean Air share price climbed more […]
17 Feb 2014 @ 15:40
The petroleum sector is, almost without debate, the single largest economic and political force in the world. Petroleum can used to leverage peace and prosperity, but it can also be used to dictate power and to decimate entire economies and political entities. Which raises my personal concern over how President Obama will use the current […]
04 Feb 2014 @ 23:35
Shares in multinational cable telecommunications company Altice S.A. (
NYSE:ATC) today began trading on the Amsterdam market of Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (
NYSE:ICE). With a total offering valued at approximately € 1.3 billion Altice is the largest IPO in continental Europe for twelve months. Altice provides cable based services, amongst which high...
27 Jan 2014 @ 13:03
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...
21 Jan 2014 @ 15:43
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 […]
16 Jan 2014 @ 15:38
If there was an albatross around the neck of the FTSE during 2013, it had to have been the entire mining sector. If the sector had performed better as a hole – er, I mean as a whole – who knows what heights the FTSE could have hit during the year. But, as was the […]
09 Jan 2014 @ 12:57
Goldplat (AIM:GDP), the AIM listed gold producer in Africa, has announced that its current Executive Director Mr. Hansie van Vreden has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Goldplat with immediate effect. This appointment will see Hansie responsible for Goldplat’s gold recovery operations and expansion opportunities in Africa. As previously announced, Dr Robert Pitts Smith stepped […]
09 Jan 2014 @ 12:28
EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary, has added Figeac Aéro, specialised in precision machining for the aerospace industry, to its Paris-based Alternext exchange. Founded in 1989, Figeac Aéro is a European leader in aerospace subassemblies, supplying parts to the sector’s largest contenders. The group specialises in structural parts made of light alloys and hard metals, engine parts, […]
08 Jan 2014 @ 04:55
The IBEX 35 is maintained above the 200 SMA on the daily chart and it’s expected that the bullish trend will continue to strengthen. The IBEX 35 has managed to break the strong resistance level of 9975.9 with a long bullish candlestick. Now, it is very likely to turn consolidates above the level of 10175.00, […]
27 Dec 2013 @ 19:30
The wheels fell off of the International Personal Finance (
LSE:IPF) bus today as its share price slammed into a wall, dropping 84.80 pence (15.7%) from 545.50 to 455.80. In an apparent attempt to not spoil Christmas, IPF withheld an important announcement until the last half hour of the Christmas Eve trading day. It is now […]