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Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 UK, Europe or the USA? You pays your money…
By Garden Gnome on 9 June 2008 at 13:15
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 2 Comments

As mid-year approaches and the investment storm clouds don’t seem to have cleared much, I thought this might be an opportune moment to have a quick look back at the Q1 results season and see if there might be something to be gleaned from the many facts and figures that abound


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Ferrexpo and Alliance & Leicester
By Garden Gnome on 6 June 2008 at 14:22
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 2 Comments

Bit off the beaten track today……well the boss is out, so I thought I try and sneak this through while he wasn’t looking. If you don’t tell him, then I certainly won’t!

Sadly, those of you who thought that Ferrexpo is all about


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Interest Rates and US Non Farm Payrolls.
By Garden Gnome on 4 June 2008 at 14:29
Category: Economics, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

As Mr. FT outlined in the Week Ahead, there is plenty of economic-related data left to potentially catch the unwary at the back end of this week. A couple of rate decisions on Thursday and the ‘MR.BIG’ of economic data


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Kingfisher and Morrisons
By Garden Gnome on 3 June 2008 at 10:12
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 4 Comments

Home improvement and DIY group Kingfisher is due to update the market on its Q1 trading performance on Wednesday.

CEO Ian Cheshire’s restructuring proposals were given a lukewarm response recently


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Chloride and Ryanair
By Garden Gnome on 30 May 2008 at 13:30
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

On Monday look out for results from Chloride. Not one of the ‘usual suspects’ I have popping up on the blog, but I think an interesting proposition nonetheless.

Chloride manufactures and supplies uninterruptible power supply systems


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Man and InterContinental Hotels Group
By Garden Gnome on 28 May 2008 at 12:10
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

On Thursday, keep a look out for results from the world’s largest hedge fund manager, Man Group.

Buoyed by the recent success of hedge funds (or as they are now more fashionably called ‘alternative investments’


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Shaftesbury and British Energy.
By Garden Gnome on 27 May 2008 at 15:56
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

In a shortened trading week, look out for interim results from property company Shaftesbury due on Wednesday.

Don’t be deceived, Shaftesbury is not one of your ordinary run-of-the mill property companies


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Vodafone and Aveva
By Garden Gnome on 23 May 2008 at 10:58
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

Telecom behemoth Vodafone is due to report numbers on Tuesday (go on, put your feet up on Bank Holiday Monday-you deserve it!).

Opinion on the stock is divided,


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 Mothercare and De La Rue
By Garden Gnome on 21 May 2008 at 12:15
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 1 Comment

Whilst trading might be tough on the High St. for many retailers, babycare company Mothercare is expected to report an increase of almost 50% in annual profits


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
 British Land and Bank of Ireland
By Garden Gnome on 19 May 2008 at 13:09
Category: Shares & Indices, Trades With Legs by Garden Gnome 2 Comments

Amid a welter of big corporate names reporting on Tuesday, a lot of attention will be focused on what British Land has to say about the UK commercial property market.

Concerns are rising that this part of the economy may be the next ’shoe to drop’ after the residential market


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