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GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) may be one of the most interesting stocks to watch on the London Stock Exchange. It has certainly endured its fair share of bumps and bruises of late, especially with the scandals in China generating publicity and causing a loss of revenues in country. Yesterday GSK released its annual report for the year […]

The headlines are ablaze this morning perpetuating a rumor that RBS (LSE:RBS) will announce next Thursday (27 February) that it will be slashing 30,000 jobs. I initially ignored the hype as a basis for a story today for three reasons: It’s still only a rumor The rumor is spreading like wildfire I’ve got one eye […]

In a story immediately preceding this one, my colleague, Thierry LaDuguie, wrote about “Emotional Trading – The Enemy of Trading.” Ironically, two US companies made the headlines and watched as investors appeared to react in exactly the manner that Thierry warned against. The share price of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) skyrocketed to record heights whilst the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

That’s right! I don’t want to write about Barclays (LSE:BARC)! You probably think that means that Mr. Chambers is making me do it. That is simply not the case. I don’t want to write about Barclays because everyone else is writing about Barclays today. I don’t want to write about Barclays because they are a […]

I worked in the automotive business for more than 25 years. I have owned only one automotive stock, and it was the only stock I have owned that I consider to have been a bad investment. But I drive a Jaguar convertible, so today’s report of stellar sales at the Jaguar Land Rover division of […]