June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting Evraz | Trade Evraz Shares Evraz started life in 1992 as a small metal trading company in Russia. During the first years, the company steadily expanded, becoming involved in holding promissory notes between Russian mining and metallurgy plants, and this led to Evraz becoming involved in equity stakes in the mines. By the […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting Experian | Trading Experian Shares Many Americans who know of the Experian Group as one of the big three credit reporting agencies (the other two being Trans Union and Equifax), would be surprised to learn that Experian is an Irish based company, with corporate headquarters in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. The […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting Fresnillo There are two reasons that you may not have heard much about Fresnillo. Firstly, it is based in Mexico with its headquarters in Mexico City, even though it has been incorporated in the UK. Secondly, the group was only incorporated 2007, and had no operations until 2008, in which year a minority […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting G4S | Trade G4S Shares G4S is a relatively new company, but has celebrated more than 75 years since its beginnings in the UK. It is the world’s largest security company, and is ranked as the world’s second-largest private company employer, behind only Walmart stores. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting GKN | Trading GKN Shares If you are a car buff, and into working on cars yourself, you may know GKN as an auto parts supplier. It is an engineering company with a long history, and half of its current revenue comes from the “Driveline” division which manufactures drive shafts, constant velocity joints, […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Glencore International Fundamentals Glencore International has some fascinating roots. It was only listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2011, with a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, but it is in the FTSE 100, the hundred largest companies. Previously to that, it was a privately held company, and it is headquartered […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline is the latest incarnation of the pharmaceutical industry based in London. It is reckoned to be the world’s fourth-largest pharmaceutical company, based on the amount of prescription drugs sold. It is also the fifth largest company on the London Stock Exchange with a £81.5 billion cap. Over the years, GSK has […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting Hammerson | Trade Hammerson Shares Hammerson PLC is a real estate investment trust (REIT), which means it has special tax arrangements in return for high payouts to its shareholders. The company concentrates on investing in shopping centres and offices, and most of its properties are in the UK, although it has properties across […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting Hargreaves Lansdown Hargreaves Lansdown is a relatively young company which provides financial services including investment management to private investors in the UK. One of its advantages is that it centralizes all the different investment holdings, such as unit trusts, shares, bonds, etc. in one place, and provides compiled valuation reports to sum up […]
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June 8, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting on Diageo’s Share Price DIAGEO (DGE) may be possibly one name you have never heard of but not so for its brand names! FTSE 100 constituent Diageo is a major producer of alcoholic drinks, and it was formed in 1997 when Guinness and Grand Metropolitan merged. Premium alcoholic drinks giant Diageo (DGE) benefits […]
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