BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER – ADAM ROSE, PARTNER April 25, 2012 BUSINESS and employees need to remember that what they say online in any format carries at least the same risks as what they say in the real world of letters and circulars. Employers in a regulated environment, such as financial services businesses, will be recording everything that is said in instant messages, emails and calls, [...]
Digital: Do it right or don’t do it at all April 25, 2012 IF you’re reading this paper I’m going to make two assumptions. First that you understand business and second that, at some point, you’ve had someone approach you in a panic saying that you must be on social media or your entire business will collapse. The truth is, smart businesses have long since surpassed the novelty [...]
FTSE recovers from Euro rout April 24, 2012 BRITAIN’S blue-chip shares rose yesterday, rebounding from a Europe-wide rout the previous day and helped by better-than-expected US housing data which boosted global risk appetite. The FTSE 100 index rose in tandem with US stocks following the release of US new home sales data, which dropped to four-month lows but came in above analysts’ expectations. [...]
Stocks rise on Dow and S&P April 24, 2012 THE Dow and the S&P 500 rose yesterday after strong earnings and upbeat outlooks from big manufacturers including 3M, but Apple’s slide ahead of its results drove the Nasdaq down. Shares of Apple, however, reversed course after the bell when the iPad maker reported quarterly revenue that handily beat Wall Street’s estimates. Apple’s stock jumped [...]
Dutch resignation does nothing to alleviate euro uncertainty April 24, 2012 AFTER Queen Beatrice yesterday accepted the resignation of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet, is Holland about to be booted from the club of “core” Eurozone nations? The successful auction of €1.995bn of two and 25-year debt signalled that the answer to this is probably no, but the fall of Holland’s ruling party following its [...]
THE TIPSTER April 24, 2012 The Australian dollar has come under pressure of late on concerns of a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth. The Aussie dollar has also fallen as the Reserve Bank of Australia has turned noticeably dovish. But support for the Aussie against the US dollar is coming in around $1.0230. With the interest rate cut now priced [...]
Time to buy your tickets for our trading extravaganza April 24, 2012 CANDLESTICK charting has stood the test of time, with Japanese rice merchant Munehisa Homma (1724-1803) credited as its founder. Candlesticks are an elegant means of displaying complex information – and we will be discussing everything they can offer at our conference on 24 May. The candle or “real body” marks a price’s opening and closing [...]
Our star speakers will reveal the profits in patterns. Craig Drake spots three to watch April 24, 2012 REVERSAL DOUBLE TOP DOUBLE top and double bottom chart patterns are straightforward to spot and can be seen across a range of different time frames, both in long and short-term charts. Double tops are important to look out for, as are double bottoms as they confirm a resistance point that has been retested a second [...]
CHARTING MASTERCLASS April 24, 2012 DAVID JONES IG INDEX ■ David is chief market strategist at IG Index. Bestselling author of Spread Betting the Forex Markets, he is a well-known and widely respected commentator on the financial markets, and regularly offers his views for media outlets. Twitter: @DavidJones_IG ASHRAF LAIDI CITY INDEX ■ Ashraf Laidi is chief global strategist at [...]
FTSE slumps as fresh fears over the Eurozone return to global markets April 23, 2012 BRITAIN’S top shares surrendered almost all of last week’s gains yesterday, led lower by commodity stocks and banks, as political uncertainty and disappointing economic data revived investor concerns over the Eurozone debt situation. The mood was darkened by data showing the Eurozone’s business slump deepened at a far faster pace than expected in April, suggesting [...]