Category Archive: Equities

Equity Thursday : The Business of Stock Picking Now & Not the Past

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My good friend Zico has been in the equity portfolio management business for over 30 years but his zest is certainly not lost. I would define him as a forward thinker and a… Continue reading

Dividends Matter Too – Top Banking Dividend Stocks

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The market obsession is with capital gains for stocks, hoping to bag the next buyback hero of a company or a plump takeover target. Returns have been long forgotten and when we think… Continue reading

Uncertain Times

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As I have commented on before, markets are by their basic nature always uncertain, even when the real world can seem so black and white sometimes. And as I have said before, perceived… Continue reading

Equity Wednesday : No Guts No Glory, Remember Oct 87

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I am beginning to think its a market plague even as the world has a few real diseases outbreaks to worry about. BUBONIC PLAGUE A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151… Continue reading

Equity Wrap : The Ali Baba Jinx, Choose Carefully

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As our heart goes out to the victims of an unbelievable plane tragedy, the world readies to pay the price. Price to insurance companies – Annual aviation war risks premium total $60-70m globally.… Continue reading

Football games and efficient markets

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I am not a football fan. But I did kick a ball around in the street with the other kids, as a young boy growing up in London. I never imagined I’d become… Continue reading

Markets Are Turning Today – Bradley Turns With The K-Wave ? Sell Now or Buy Vols ?

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I am no astrologer and am not exactly a big fan although I do glance at those horoscopes, occasionally, forĀ  a laugh at the things that never happen. When you combine astrology with… Continue reading

Equity Thursday : Activist Investors Are In Demand

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Headlines for the current equity market scandal involving Let’s Gowex, a Spanish Wifi provider that came after a short seller in New York highlighted discrepancies in their accounts in early July that finally… Continue reading

Market Thoughts : Rattling and Humming Away

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A wee correction we saw in the S&P last night and a small global pullback that most people will see as a buying opportunity today as we open the US earnings season with… Continue reading

Mid Year Musings : Engineering A Perfect Market At A Price

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My son deceived me into borrowing Season 1 and 2 of the Game of Thrones before I realised that they were both rated M18 and bordered very closely, to my limited understanding, on… Continue reading