He’s making a list and checking it twice; Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice. Now, I may not be Santa Claus, but I do tend to make lists (both mental and physical) to organise my work as an analyst. And being prepared for next week’s peak Q3 corporate reporting season can make the difference…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. That’s right, major UK banks are back to report quarterly results next week and here’s the full lay-down. And before you focus on just the usual quartet of Barlcays, Lloyds, RBS and HSBC, don’t forget to pay close attention to their smaller, pluckier competitors, including Standard Chartered,…
After another 280 point weekly fall, the UK 100 now sits around 500 points from its September rebound peak. In fact, we are almost 800 points away from Summer highs and only 18 out of 100 UK Index contributors are positive for the week. Higher gold prices have obviously helped the safe-haven metals Miners (Randgold, Fresnillo, etc), but,…
Global equities got a shake up this week (overdue?) on concerns about rising bond yields, higher interest rates, slower growth and trade wars. This ushered US equities from their highs and dragged peer indices down with them. However not all UK shares had a tough week. In fact, some of the high beta names –…
Glance at the big market board this past Thursday morning and you would be greeted by a whole sea of red, as the global sell-off sent UK Index stocks lower en masse. But, curiously, a few big names proved resilient to the turbulence. What makes some names move higher when the markets collapse? One key…
UK 100 has fallen 200 points from Wednesday’s highs to trade 7330, and sit 220pts from last week’s September rebound peak. As it stand, we have only 10 names in the green for the week. A tough one to say the least. Rising bond yields may have helped the Banks (LLOY, BARC, etc) but they have provided competition…