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Alistair Blair

A close shave with the King

COMMENT: King of Shaves is promoting a bond direct to investors via press adverts. Alistair Blair professes himself amazed at the chutzpah of it all

30 June 2009 written by NoFreeLunch


UK plc rides out the storm

Outside the banking industry, British companies are doing remarkably well

02 July 2009 - ChrisDillow

Chat-up lines

COLUMNIST: Xstrata's Mick Davis has made some good moves in chatting up Anglo American's Cynthia Carroll, but he may need help from Geoffrey Chaucer, says Mr Bearbull

30 June 2009 - BearBull

Turning points set

THE TRADER: US and European markets are still in opposite trends, but it's very clear where the turning points lie. Plus a technical view of our recent call on oil

29 June 2009 - TheTrader

Hooray for the end of commission

COLUMNIST: Could the FSA's commission ban improve things for investors?

29 June 2009 - GuestColumnists

Heading Dow-n

SIMON THOMPSON: Our companies editor believes the next major move in the US markets will be down and outlines a potentially profitable trade

22 June 2009 - SimonThompson

The defensive sectors worthy of the name

MOMENTUM: Even sectors that traditionally offer bolt holes in tough times have been battered during the current market slide, but it's not time to give up on their charms.

25 November 2008 - SectorWatcher

Casablanca

COLUMNIST: In the final extract from his diary, Bernard Jones finds life is more than a hill of beans

21 November 2008 - BernardJones

City Trades: S&P 500 (SPX)

TRADING IDEA: Long-term buying opportunity in oversold US shares, reckons Wall Street wizard Tarquin Coe

08 October 2008 - ChartChatter

Another Aim first

SMALLWORLD: The junior market now has its first Shariah-compliant fund, and more look set to follow

28 July 2008 - SmallWorld

Your opinion

Does the UK need a Glass-Steagall Act?

THE BIG QUESTION: Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson argues that High Street banks shouldn't be allowed to own investment banks. The British Bankers Association disagrees.

  • 1 July 2009
  • Written by:
    Jonathan Eley

Do you believe in 'peak oil'?

THE BIG QUESTION: It's an issue that's divided the oil industry since it was first proposed in the 1950s - has the world's oil production capacity already entered terminal decline?

  • 23 June 2009
  • Written by:
    Jonathan Eley

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