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Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 24 August 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: With sharp losses and market volatility fresh in the mind of UK investors after last week's market turbulence,
New Indices launched as part of S&P STARS Index Family
Standard & Poor’s Index Services, the world’s leading index provider, announced today the launch of two new STARS indices that provide investors with exposure to the top stock picks of Standard & Poor’s Equity Research analysts in Europe and the United States.
Investors continue to seek opportunities from market volatilty
Last week was a turbulent time for anyone invested in markets, with the FTSE suffering its worst fall in four years on Thursday and then leaping back up again on Friday.
Private investors read market ahead of City professionals
Private investors positioned themselves well for the correction in the UK stock markets that took place in the second half of July and beginning of August, according to Capita Group Plc.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 17 August 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: Mortgage lender HBOS is popular amongst retail investors this week despite a slide in share price in recent days and a wider-sell off in bank stocks this week.
Fool.co.uk: Impact of recent stock market volatility
David Kuo, Head of Personal Finance at Fool.co.uk, says: “Recent volatility in stock markets around the world has prompted investors to rush online for information about the stock market turmoil.
Survey reveals online traders’ secret deals
A survey of over 1,000 online investors by share dealing expert Alliance Trust reveals almost half (48%) invest while at work, and 14% of online traders confess to pretending to work while doing so.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 10 August 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: Analysts have homed in on the insurance sector as rumination over the protracted merger between Resolution and Friends Provident dominated market talk this week.
Investors rush in as markets fall
When the FTSE dropped over 200 points on Thursday 26 July, rather than rushing to get out of the market many investors saw it as an opportunity to buy.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 3 August 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: As we enter August, British Airways (BA) has taken off on a bad footing this month with news of foul play over price fixing following investigations by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
AIM stocks not yet informing investors
Only a month from the deadline set by the regulator of the Alternative Investment Market, almost 300 companies (over 15% of those listed on AIM) have not yet lodged their financial information on a website accessible to investors.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 27 July 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: The London Stock market has this week suffered its biggest percentage drop in four years as investors worried about the weak US economy and the impact of tightening credit markets on takeover activity. The Footsie is now on course for its worst week since 2002.
‘Martini share dealers’ take advantage of online freedom
New research reveals the 21st century share dealer is a far cry from the much-hyped day trader of the late 90s.
Shares are the top performers over the past year
Clerical Medical Assetwatch is a biannual study which tracks the value of five asset classes over a ten-year period (June 1997 to 2007). The asset classes are Shares (UK and International), Bonds (UK and International), Cash, Property (UK Commercial and Residential), Commodities (All Commodities and Precious Metals)
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 20 July 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: This week has culminated in mixed activity in the market. The FTSE 100 Index finally picked up on Thursday, rising for the first time in four days. Busy activity within the mining sector has led to increased interest from retail investors.