During the penultimate week of August, you could be forgiven for believing that the market would be quiet. However, after the past five sessions, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Reaching the conclusion of the summer months, fund managers, traders and investors alike typically end their summer sabbatical with a return to the markets….
Whilst it’s perfectly acceptable to get swept up in the storm of headlines that follow profits warnings, it’s much harder to assess the overall impact of these sensational events. So while many traders were focused on the share price declines of Provident Financial, WPP and Dixons Carphone, they may have missed the Mining sector charging to…
Dixons Carphone (DC.) has become the latest company to be added to the list of blue-chip stocks this week issuing a profits warning. The UK’s largest electronics provider announced that headline FY pretax profit will be 11-28% lower than last year, despite a 6% YoY increase in LfL sales in the three months to June….
25 Aug Morningstar (Link) “Comments made by U.S. policy makers so far from the Wyoming gathering have generally been supportive not just of an unwinding of the Fed’s bloated balance sheet, but also for another rate hike before the end of the year,” said Henry Croft, research analyst at Accendo Markets. 24 Aug Citywire (Link)…
With Provident Financial Group (PFG) shares down as much as 75% today, what are the chances that the sub-prime lender will go bust? At least in the near-term, this looks unlikely. While the restructuring of debt collection operations is eating into finances, the core divisions of the business (including Buybarn, Satsuma and Vanquis) continue to…
Macro observations This week, central bank policymakers from across the world descend upon Wyoming for the US Federal Reserve’s 39th annual Jackson Hole symposium. 2017’s three-day meeting, focusing on the topic of ‘Fostering a Dynamic Global Economy’, is set to be by Fed Chair Janet Yellen and ECB President Mario Draghi, with both speaking at the…