As volume dries out after recent swings and market action … and Q3 end means, that LESS market participants really trade … Rumour mill at its best … Today … apart from the hourly “new input” from the bailout package … We had the following rumours doing the rounds … – HSBC will buy UBS [...]

Back to reality? 2 days of a bounce … that seems to be everything, one can ask for … After the close market was reminded that … – Financials are still not over it … Merill numbers were BAD … today we await Citibank … – Even Techs can miss again … Dollar weakness alone [...]

Welcome to February … After a horrible month … everybody buys … Here is why … 1. Statistics … If you take the 10 worst Januarys of all time, February average performance is positive and the average additional loss for the year is ONLY around 1% 2. If you battle against your benchmark … just [...]