I am refurbishing a property near Cambridge and to strengthen my hand with an unenthusiastic banking system I asked some estate agents to come in and value the place in its present half-finished state and once it is finished.
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Stock market behaviour is growing wilder and wilder.
New accounting rules may force these two mortgage giants to bring off-balance sheet mortgages on to their books, forcing them to raise $75bn of additional capital.
Two things stand out in the UK stock market. For the bulls, on valuation grounds shares in many companies look strikingly cheap.
Company profits are a lagging indicator. This can make the stock market a confusing place because shares can fall heavily when everything still appears to be going well.
You may have noticed with the shares that you hold that if the company comes out with an unexpected piece of good news the shares climb.
One of the most popular chart patterns among technical analysts is what they call a head and shoulders top.
After the party comes the hangover. The problem for the UK is that it has had an unusually long and boisterous party so the hangover could be unusually severe.
In last week’s issue I picked a portfolio of eight shares to sell short (a way of making money from falling share prices).
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