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“The simplest trades are usually the best ones.” – Michael Hewson There are no guarantees in the markets, but there are certain things you can do that would ensure your continuous victory. Interestingly, there’s also one bet you can make and reap sure gains from – as far as your long term investment goals are […]

It was just a few days ago (12 February) that I wrote about the potential impact of the allegedly declining unemployment rate in the U.S. in a story entitled “Beware of Bullard’s Bubble Bulletin.” In a nutshell, Bullard, the President of the St. Louis Fed had expressed his concern that the Federal Reserve Bank may […]

The share price of Monitise (LSE:MONI), the AIM-listed mobile telecommunications company have been making a comeback today after falling dramatically from yesterday’s close at 70.50 to 65.52 by 8:25 GMT. At the moment (3:39 pm), the shares have rallied, but are still more than 2% down on the day. This activity may seem puzzling for […]

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 […]

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 […]

According to CEO Antonia Horta-Osorio, Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) is now back to normal. We can’t be sure whether he said that in his lengthy commentary in the group’s 2013 final results to calm investors about the status of the bank or about the size of his bonus. Whatever he meant, it probably hasn’t been […]

This has been a week Bitcoin advocates would probably rather forget. At the start of the month 1 bitcoin would set you back about $960. Today it will cost you $422. What the hell happened? Back on Monday (10 Feb) we saw prominent exchange MT Gox halt trading and stop withdrawals of bitcoins. Then Bitstamp, […]

After writing yesterday about James Bullard’s concern about the mounting risk of some asset-price bubbles bursting, I did a bit more investigation. Little did I know also that Thierry LaDuguie would write about Sentiment Analysis and Stock Market Timing and charting the S&P index here on ADVFN, when I had planned to continue writing about the concerns about […]

“If you are driven by the stock price you are going to go crazy.” – Michael Bigger There’s no speculator in the world that hasn’t, in one period or other in their career, experienced the emotion of anger. Every trader becomes angry because of some reasons. Even the renowned Dr. Van K. Tharp (a trading […]

James Bullard is the President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. While all eyes have been on Janet Yellin the past several days, Bullard was in New York City this morning, speaking to representatives of the European American Chamber or Commerce. Aside from his address, he made a comment to reporters that, as Lincoln […]