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Oil Prices: Lower for Longer
Crude oil prices have fallen further and faster than anyone would have predicted, and are now sitting below the US$50 per barrel mark. As such, TD Economics team have downgraded their WTI price...
View ArticleOPEC committee keeping their cards close to their chest
It’s a case of who flinches first. Anyone interested in oil will be interested in Vienna this weekend. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is discussing their strategy for the...
View ArticleOil glut fuels FTSE 100 volatility
If you read the news on Monday then everything seemed to be going south – the FTSE 100 was at a three-year low at 5,874.06, Chinese yuan at a four-and-a-half-year low, South African Rand at a record...
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Royal Dutch poised to Shell out for BG Group
It’s been almost a year since it was announced but the Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) takeover of BG Group could very soon be given the green light. On 8th April 2015 BG Group and Shell released an...
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Energy – an unloved sector
Often it is those which are least loved which offer the best opportunities, according to Michelle McGrade Chief Investment Officer at TD Direct Investing. Energy and natural resources have endured a...
View ArticleOil companies report tough times
Premier Oil, a North Sea explorer, has been finding life tough recently, with a balance sheet weaker than that of rival Shell. It has stopped paying a dividend and has restructured its debt, and its...
View ArticleWeek Ahead w/c 29/02/16
In banking, there are final results expected from the last of the big four – Barclays (1st March), plus results from the fund management specialists Jupiter and Schroders. Insurers Hiscox, Direct Line...
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Is April the perfect time to invest in the market?
In fact, only December is a stronger month in terms of market performance. According to the UK Stock Market Almanac 2016, on average, the UK market rises 1.8% in April. Furthermore, there’s a 78%...
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Oil Prices: Lower for Longer
Crude oil prices have fallen further and faster than anyone would have predicted, and are now sitting below the US$50 per barrel mark. As such, TD Economics team have downgraded their WTI price...
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Up or down? Will oil prices make up their mind!
A search this week revealed a headline suggesting that US oil companies are ceasing production yet immediately below another publication contradicted that assertion. It’s so hard to get to grips with...
View ArticleUS companies and oil dominates week ahead 18/04/16
“The oil market has frankly had it up to here with all the hullabaloo surrounding Sunday’s talks in Doha over the prospects for an oil production freeze and the ‘waiting game’”, says Saxo Bank’s head...
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Oil Resolution in Doha was a no-goer
The result: nothing was agreed. It comes as no surprise that oil prices dropped significantly in early trading on Monday based on this but then, true to recent form, bounced back a bit. In addition to...
View ArticleShell to be top dividend payer in 2016
This is a third more than in 2015 and former BG Group shareholders are expected to earn a higher dividend following Shell’s acquisition of the company in February. The information comes from the latest...
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Markets largely flat in April
This is in no small part thanks to the slow and steady increases in the price of oil. In fact, April 2016 was the biggest monthly rise the oil market has seen in seven years and the average price is...
View ArticleA mixed bag for the Week Ahead w/c 09/05/16
A ‘hat-trick’ of disappointing Price Managers’ Index (PMI) survey results from the Service, Construction, and Manufacturing sectors this week means results will be hotly anticipated. Chris Williamson,...
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Is the commodities market about to turn bullish?
Since then they have lost 45% (up to 30th April 2016). During the same period the FTSE All Share index rose 58%. Source: Bloomberg as at 30th April 2016 Past performance is not a reliable indicator of...
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Fund in focus: JPM US Equity Income
“We’re long-term investors, looking at trends,” says Harris. Hart and her team meet the management of every company she invests in on a regular basis to ensure they remain high quality. “We want to...
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Oil Prices: Lower for Longer
Crude oil prices have fallen further and faster than anyone would have predicted, and are now sitting below the US$50 per barrel mark. As such, TD Economics team have downgraded their WTI price...
View ArticleOPEC committee keeping their cards close to their chest
It’s a case of who flinches first. Anyone interested in oil will be interested in Vienna this weekend. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is discussing their strategy for the...
View ArticleOil glut fuels FTSE 100 volatility
If you read the news on Monday then everything seemed to be going south – the FTSE 100 was at a three-year low at 5,874.06, Chinese yuan at a four-and-a-half-year low, South African Rand at a record...
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