Spread betting refers to a speculative trading approach that involves betting on the direction of the price movement of a security. The bid and offer price are quoted and the investor bets whether the price of the underlying asset will be lower than the bid or higher than the offer. With that, there is no ownership of the asset, which can be in the form of stocks, commodities, … [Read more...]
The Implications Of A Trade War Between US And China: Not What You Think According To Daniel Lacalle
US President Donald Trump showing no signs of backing down against China, calling it out on several occasions for unfair currency manipulation. Economic analysts can't help but speculate that this could fuel an all-out trade war between the two nations. Most analysts feel that China has the upper hand given its large holdings of US Treasuries but fund manager at Tressis Gestion … [Read more...]
5 Stocks To Watch For Monday 2 May
Our stock scans over the weekend revealed a fair amount of negative price action and as a result we take a slightly bearish bias into the market on Monday. Here are the stocks on our watch-list both long and short for Monday 2 May: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) - Long Halliburton (HAL) - Long Allergan (AGN) - Short Abbott Laboratories (ABT) - Long Delta Airlines … [Read more...]
Football Pick of the Weekend: Newcastle – Crystal Palace
Last week was good as the losing streak was broken. Man City did batter Stoke and easily covered the over 2.5 line. A comfortable winner at the end of the day and let’s hope there are more of those in the near future. It’s time for this week’s EPL prediction. This Week’s Pick: Newcastle – Crystal Palace Newcastle are showing signs of improvement under Rafa Benitez and … [Read more...]
Football Pick of the Weekend: Manchester City – Stoke City
I can’t seem to pick a winner recently and last week was not an exception. It all started well with Arsenal dominating the first half and taking the lead against Crystal Palace. A few missed chances and a Petr Cech mistake later it was 1:1 with 10 minutes to. Let’s hope for better luck this week. This Week’s Pick: Manchester City – Stoke City Manchester City were terrible … [Read more...]
5 Trending Trade Set Ups For Thursday 21 April
Earlier this week Eddy Elfenbein called the market a 'mighty Zeppelin effortlessly soaring above the clear, crisp, blue skies'. The market is strong at the moment and it can get stronger still. Here are 5 trending trade set-ups for Thursday 21 April: Disney (DIS) Visa (V) Pepsico (PEP) Devon Energy Corp (DVN) Halliburton (HAL) Today's Pick Today's pick goes … [Read more...]
6 Trending Trade Ideas For Monday 18 April
It is Monday morning and stock market futures are trading lower by around -0.64% after energy talks in Saudi Arabia failed to give any stability to the oil price. As a result, crude oil is lower by -1.74%, it's biggest drop in over a month and this has had a negative affect on stocks. However, we think oil could rebound during the European and US session as the short-term … [Read more...]
Football Pick of the Weekend: Arsenal – Crystal Palace
Stoke are obviously thinking about the summer break now as they have no motivation to play whatsoever. I really thought they would give Liverpool a fight, but that wasn’t the case. The hosts scoring with their first two shots on target didn’t help either, we lost last week's pick but these things happen. This Week’s Pick: Arsenal – Crystal Palace Arsenal have improved … [Read more...]