Clem Chambers

The average yield on 10-year Spanish bonds has risen to 6.65%, a 0.22% from a bond sale in July. In addition to a yield increase demand for bonds fell from 3.2 times the amount of bonds last month to 2.4. It is expected that the European Central Bank will start buying Spanish and Italian bonds […]

US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner has argued that Europe has the means and commitment necessary to resolve the continuing euro debt crisis. Arguing that Europe still needed to bring down interest rates Mr Geithner said that European leaders have “signalled they are prepared to move further” than they previously have done to address the crisis […]

July 2nd ECB executive board member Jörg Asmussen has warned that progress to resolve the Greek financial crisis has “virtually stalled” over the last three months since the last bailout agreement.  July 3rd Plans for an EU-wide banking union overseen by the European Central Bank, (ECB,) lack required details to ensure they succeed,       credit ratings […]

When I top sliced Pace (LSE:PIC) on Friday and as it was, on average, 100% up. I effectively keep the remaining half running on for free. Today it’s up again and I shall let it run some more. I’m bad at capturing runaway profits, and often too conservative, so I’m forcing myself to let the […]

In this exclusive extract from his Amazon Bestseller, CEO of ADVFN Clem Chambers explains why value investing is key to stock market success. Register for free, ADVFN provides the essential tools and information to make the right investment decisions. Over twenty years value investing will build wealth, but you will not be rich from it in a […]

Luxembourg prime minister and Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker has argued that the euro has reached a “decisive point” and that leaders will decide in the coming days “what measures we will take”. Mr Juncker’s comments follow a pledge by head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, that he would everything, within his mandate, to […]

First off, start with $1000. You thought you would need more didn’t you? No, $1000 will do. Now take your favorite stock, I’m going to pick Microsoft as our example. Microsoft is hardly the sort of crazy penny stock that the get rich quick merchants push at you and it isn’t some crazy pink sheet […]

I top-sliced Pace [PIC.L] today, on the basis I’m up 100% on it and now’s not the time to be greedy. Pace could hit £2, perhaps even get bought, but I’m lightening up as the market is, as a whole, super-risky right now. Lamprel [LAM.L] collapsed again yesterday. Its story is almost too bad to be true. […]

Yesterday, the portfolio took a mighty kicking, today Pace (PIC.L) rocketed 18%, putting all the losses and more, back. This is the way it should work when you have a good portfolio, but the wretched state of the market has made keeping the faith a much harder job than normal. The big call right now […]

Italy’s economic minister has argued that greater action is required to resolve the Eurozone crisis. Addressing a parliamentary hearing in Rome Vittorio Grilli said that the European Union’s responses “are still not satisfactory”. Inadequate EU action and insufficient mechanisms have led to the continuing market instability, Mr Grilli argued. Whilst the European Stability Mechanism and […]