Category: Investment Strategies

A Great Week For Gold

Sunday, 17 July, 2011 22:45 Written by Paul

Fuelled by the possibility that the US may soon default on its debt – to avoid default, US politicians have to agree to raise the country’s debt limit by 2nd August 2011 – coupled with the imminent announcement of the European Banking Authority’s stress tests on 90 banks across Europe, it was a bumper period [...]

Cherry Picking Profitable AIM Shares

Monday, 11 July, 2011 16:09 Written by Paul

A couple of weeks ago now – prior to a little mid-summer rest and relaxation – I penned a post (with one foot out the door) in which I fleetingly mentioned the fact we’d liquidated a number of holdings and topped up on one in particular I thought a little over-sold. There wasn’t any great [...]

Bargains on AIM

Tuesday, 21 June, 2011 14:06 Written by Paul

With AIM shares pretty much taking a beating across the board, it’s a good time to keep an eye out for an AIM bargain or two. I’m not saying dive in head-first for all you’re worth, but there’s a lot of very good companies that have probably drifted into the over-sold category that are worth [...]

Investing or Actively Trading?

Monday, 20 June, 2011 18:19 Written by Paul

Despite the fact that I like to think of myself as a long-term investor – albeit with a speculative bent – part of me wishes I took advantage of short-term gains a little more often. Sure, I look for shares with the potential for explosive growth but when that explosive growth comes I rarely think [...]

A Return to Financial Spread Betting

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 07:32 Written by Paul

It’s been a while since I’ve had any financial spread bets in play. To be honest in the past I’ve had mixed fortunes with my forays into the world of financial spread betting. It’s a situation I usually attempt to remedy by furthering my financial education before trading again; you just can’t have enough financial [...]

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The Day in Numbers

share
price (£)
change (p)
units
profit (£)
BMR.L
0.0318
0.00
150,000
0.00
NGL.L
0.0353
+0.00
41,768
+0.00
OPG.L
0.3050
0.00
1,864
0.00
PPA.L
0.0225
0.00
4,461
0.00
PVCS.L
0.0427
0.00
40,000
0.00
RRL.L
0.0725
0.00
40,000
0.00
today's profit
£0.00

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