Royal Mail Share Price Will Not Be Investigated - April 30, 2014 16:00

Since the floatation last November Royal Mail share price has risen as much as 87%, giving investors, which were lucky enough to grab a holding from the IPO, a decent return. However, it’s a much mooted subject that the Government priced the stock too low, and the UK tax payer lost out, to the tune […]

GKP Share Price: Is This A Slide That Can Be Stopped? - April 30, 2014 13:07

Recently Gulf Keystone Petroleum announced settlement of $250m in debt financing. However, the announcement did not bring back investors as GKP share price remains near the multi-year low, and at 92p at the time of writing. Once a star for many market commentators, GKP is a Kurdistan based Oil firm which has recently announced a […]

SXX Share Price: Global Potash Exploration Loses Investor Attention - April 29, 2014 13:34

Sirius Minerals is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. It is a small, but intriguing, Potash exploration and mining company. Of late, SXX share price has been on a slow and gradual slide from its 2014 high of around 0.15p. But why is this and what has this company got to offer? Firstly, […]

BP Share Price: Are The Risks About To Increase? - April 28, 2014 10:45

It was covered extensively, but there is no doubt that the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was a crashing body slam for the BP share price. But aside from this, are there other possible risks to the price on the horizon? Firstly, there is an obvious exposure to the effects of any sanctions that […]

RBS Share Price: Osborne Puts Block On Bonus But Gives Green Light To Lloyds - April 25, 2014 10:52

In no uncertain terms, George Osborne has told RBS that the Government will not support any plan to pay staff bonuses, which could have amounted to near double their fixed pay level. The RBS share price looks to have taken the news well, and is holding around the 305.00p level, to which is has recently […]

Lloyds Share Price: JPMorgan Chase States “Overweight” - April 23, 2014 11:30

Lloyds Banking Group has been having a reasonable run of form in its share price of late. Research reports from analysts such as Nomura have recently upgraded the company to a “buy” rating. However, today it emerged that equity research at JP Morgan Chase have changed their stance on the company to “overweight”. Lloyds share […]

The End Of A Negative Week - April 13, 2014 14:56

After an indifferent week UK shares finished with a negative bias, dragged down by technology companies after a sharp sell-off in the USA, especially seen in the tech laden Nasdaq, which slumped 3.1% over the course of last week. The fall in the Nasdaq was the largest since 2011, with speculation that investors are dumping […]

The FTSE 100 Bounces Back – Now Eyes Are On The Fed - April 9, 2014 10:40

Following on from a strong session in the USA overnight, the FTSE 100 gained in early London trading, adding 40 points within the opening hour. Leading stocks were mainly from homebuilders, ARM Holdings and Standard Chartered. The Nasdaq gained during a positive session after its worst few days in around 3 years. Also holding strong […]

UK Stocks Tumble Again With AB Foods & Sports Direct Leading - April 8, 2014 15:56

Stocks in the UK were falling today, for a 2nd day of declines. Leaders of the decline were Associated British Foods and Sport Direct. In addition to the weakness of key companies, increasing tensions over Ukraine became prominent once again. AB Foods was down 3.9 percent in early trading, mainly due to the report from […]