Financial markets professional with extensive experience in digital marketing | content creation | relationship management | sales | trading | execution | research | analysis. 
I work well on my own or as part of a wider team.

40 years in the city, worked with good people and seen many changes in that time.

Always trying to gain a greater understanding of the markets and their mechanics to improve my decision-making process/models.

I believe each day is a learning curve. However, many people have short memories, and history does repeat itself. Markets do remember.  

I write regular analysis for ActivTrades.

Regularly quoted in the financial press and have been a frequent guest on Financial TV channels. 

Specialities: FX, CFDs, UK, European and US Equities and derivatives 

I use my own models blended with fundamental research and a lot of reading, mixed with the macro, sector and individual stock/ instrument trends to generate comments and ideas and create thought-provoking content in these markets.

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Despite growing geopolitical risks the Memory chip sector continues to outperform the prime example of course is SanDisk SNDK, which I  have been bullish of for a long time and which are up 1131.0% over the past year ....

Citi writes on Oil and Gas names today saying that traders should pay attention to what happened in 2025 rather than what's happening right now.

This snippet speaks volumes:

"Global energy equities outperformed falling oil prices. European
energy outperformed the market, despite half the industry cutting share buybacks."

Interesting then that my readers were able to play those themes from March last year, when I first highlighted Neste Oyj. The chart below shows what's happened to the price since then, and what's happening right now.

Some lead others follow is the phrase that springs to mind.

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Date line Essex : 14.08 London time : 21-01-2026

The Idea Factory comment:  "ARM US might be worth a look"

The evidence -charts plotting the significant underperformance of ARM vs the SOXX ETF and TSM ADRS.

The ARM price then $11.52 the ARM Price now $121.00.

Not sure how much clearer I can make it. 

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Co-founder, Co-CEO at Public

Trading volumes have been ramping aggressively at Public. 
Billions of dollars are being traded every month ...

Blue Monday ..... How does it feel to invest in the market  today

Interesting to note that Morgan Stanley's strategists upgraded European Semis to Overweight yesterday: 

"Upgrade EU Semis to overweight, following our sector analysts' Top Pick
conviction: ASML has contributed >50% of our weighted European Top Picks
performance YTD & makes up c. 80% of the MSCI Europe Semis/Semi cap sector weight. 

Our analyst, Lee Simpson, upgraded ASML to Overweight in Sept. 2025,moved it to Top Pick in November, & recently materially lifted his price target from€1000 to €1400 (+25% upside). 

Our global Semis team argue that for 2026, the risk in the AI capex cycle is execution & transition, not demand. Potential future capex cycle bottlenecks thus become the winners"

I have been watching Infineon IFX GR closely over the last 6 to 8 months, and have flagged the upside possibilities in the name regularly in that period.
 
Including the 08/12/.25 at 14.01 pm London time:  

When I shared the left hand chart below, with Idea Factory members saying that:

"IFX GR (is) back on the radar as it tests toward resistance again"

They were €37.97 then less than a month later they are €41.58 but have printed at €42.355 on the day  so thats a comfortable 11.0% gain isn't it?

 At the same time the Dax has gained just +4.0% 

Alpha??  

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Sometimes you highlight a stock but have no idea what's driving the price action. For example, KEP US Korea Electric Power (ADR) up more than +14.40% on Tuesday and by another +7.0% in the pre market today. 

Over a million ADRs traded on Tuesday  - that's twice average daily volume.

I would love to know what's behind this move? (Answers on a postcard please). 

However, for now Idea Factory Members, will stick with the maxim that "the trend is your friend. "

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On the upside possibilities in ARM Holdings  ARM US

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My tasty South Korean take-away gets January off to a flying start

haven't funds been sending money back to clients recently ???

Specialist consultant in Prime Brokerage, Fund Creation, Fund Distribution & Asset raising and Compliance Consulting

Nearly at the end of January and not a bad start to the year as far as stock picking / idea generation is concerned at the Idea Factory. 

Successes this month include the following: 

FCX US 
ARM US 
SATS US 
ALB US 
NESTE FH 
SNDK  US 
CRWV US 
RBLX  US 
INTC US 
KEP US 
IFX GR 
BLDR US 
Silver/ FRES LN 
ERF FP 
MPTI US
ALAB US 

and so on ...

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I had a discussion on Tuesday morning about Intel INTC US with an Idea Factory member my take was that: 

"A lot depends on them monetising their foundry, IMHO - there has been talk of TSMC saying no to NVDA, so they and others might need to look elsewhere to get chips made, and INTC could help" 

I am not saying that's the exact reason why the stock is up +13.0% in the last two days but its narrative that you could get behind. 

Chips are bid again today (see the S&P 500 Smile chart below) - so we stay bullish until the price action says otherwise.

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Last week I suggested that a field trip to Finland might be in order for Idea Factory Members, in order to look at Nokia and Neste. 

Well Neste has come up trumps already - upgraded at both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley today, with PTs up to to €25.00. 

The stock is up by +4.90% today having gapped higher from the open. 

A move that's reflected by Neste's position on the Broad Europe Energy Smile. (see below)

Of course performance like that won't have been any surprise to Idea Factory Members who are well aware that I have been bullish of the stock since March 2025.

FYI Neste is up +67.0% over the last 12 months.

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