Fiona Craig

Simon Wakins, author of the new book Trade Financial Markets Like The Pros, has been interviewed for a podcast about the book. The interview, conducted by Martin Bamford, was for Informed Choice Radio. In it, the host asks Simon why it has become so much harder to make money from trading investment markets, what impact […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK services PMI rose surprisingly in December In December, the services PMI in the UK climbed unexpectedly to 56.20, compared to market expectations of a fall to a level of 54.70. The services PMI had registered a reading of 55.20 in the […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: Tom Winnifrith’s Nifty Fifty newsletter looked at Fox Marble (LSE:FOX) and their disappointing update, Petropavlovsk (LSE:POG) and their recent impact assessment at Andreevskaya East, Character Group (LSE:CCT) who have had very positive results, and Begbies […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE maintained 0.25% interest rate, warned of 2017 slowdown The BoE’s nine-member monetary policy committee unanimously voted to hold the benchmark interest rate at 0.25% and maintain the current asset purchase programme at £435 billion. Minutes of the meeting indicated that while […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: The OMG blog (Opportunity 4 Material Gains) has a track of record of analysing AIM companies and recommendation ones that are going to rise. This week in the weekly review they looked at Redhall (LSE:RHL), […]

ADVFN books has released a new title, which gives you strategies to become one of the winners in the financial markets, making profits in a risk/reward efficient manner. Trade Financial Markets Like The Pros highlights how to profit in the world’s new trading environment. Simon Watkins, who was one of the top traders in the […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: Tom Winnifrith’s Nifty Fifty newsletter looked at Petropavlovsk (LSE:POG) whose mining activities have hit a delay due to the weather and whose debt is going to be refinanced, Sanderson (LSE:SND) which has just announced its […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: Tom Winnifrith’s Nifty Fifty newsletter looked at Andrew Sykes Group (LSE:ASY) which announced positive half-year results, Norcros (LSE:NXR) which also released results, and K3 Business Technology (LSE:KBT) which issued a trading update. The Short Letter […]

ADVFN Books has released a new title, a practical, no-nonsense guide to making money in the financial markets, by Maria Psarra. Based on the author’s experiences as a proprietary trader and wealth manager, the book distils the best habits of winning traders and investors. It also highlights the most common mistakes investors make and equips […]

London open: Stocks little changed as investors eye jobs data Stocks in London were muted in early trade as investors awaited the release of UK jobs data. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.1% to 6,786.17. Meanwhile, oil prices retreated. West Texas Intermediate was down 0.4% to $45.61 a barrel and Brent crude […]