Monthly Archives: March 2016

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It looks like the cyber security sector is about to take off like a rocket once again. There could be another 25%-50% in it this year. The near destruction of Sony (SNE) by North Korean hackers last November has certainly put the fear of God into corporate America. Apparently, they have no sense of humor…

UK Unemployment Falls Further

Whilst pro- and anti-EU membership campaigns continue to debate (no, argue is closer to the truth) the effect of a Brexit on the UK economy and employment prospects thereafter, unemployment currently, at least, declined further with the roll dropping by 28000 in the three month period from November 2015 to January 2016. This takes the…

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·       The strongest small cap sectors are utilities and consumer goods. ·       The best small cap industry is business software. The average small cap score is 53.67 and that’s above the four week moving average score of 52.29. The average small cap stock in our universe is trading -34.98% below its 52 week high, -2.93% below its…

PayPal Takes A Blow From Apple Pay

  PayPal (PYPL) was down 2% on Wednesday on news that Apple (AAPL) Pay will be coming to mobile websites later this year. In an attempt to steal a page from PayPal’s book, Apple’s looking to expand the usefulness of its payment service, letting online shoppers checkout easily in its Safari browser on iPhone and iPad models that…

CXFS conference tackles customer dissatisfaction among financial

On 23-24 February, senior executives from across Europe attended the two-day CXFS event. The conference’s customer-centric focus aimed to provide insight and improve relationships between customers and companies. The event accommodated around 80 executives, VPs and directors engaged in customer experience, marketing and digital strategy from leading corporations. The attendees gained exclusive access to knowledge from the…