Shares in Sports Direct were up to 11% lower this morning, falling victim to a combination of disappointing first half results and unfavourable technicals. This in spite of the company shifting focus to fewer smarter flagship stores and reducing online promotional activity, part of its goal to elevate its portfolio to become the Selfridges of…
Shares in equipment rental group Ashtead are top of the blue-chip tree this morning, trading fresh record highs after a host of good news. Q2/H1 underlying revenues and profits grew >20% and included margin expansion, helped by much hurricane clean-up and a weaker GBP. This means management now expects FY results ahead of prior expectations…
Last month we published our season Santa Rally report, highlighting stocks which have a habit of doing well early November thorough year-end. No guarantees, but a statistical tendency that can help you make profitable trading/investment decisions. So how have are we doing? Firstly the US indices have kept up their strong record with gains of…
It’s all go in UK property this morning with blue-chip Hammerson agreeing to a £3.4bn all-share purchase (27% premium) of listed INTU Properties, creating a £21bn pan-European portfolio of high-quality retail and leisure destinations. HMSO shares have understandably fallen, given the acquisition risk involved, and although the deal is being pad for with new shares…
Macro observations So close, and yet so far in Brussels. UK Prime Minister May arrived on Monday hoping to strike a deal with the EU in order to receive approval to advance to the next stage of Brexit negotiations. Instead, an 11th hour interruption from May’s supply-and-confidence partner Arlene Foster of Northern Ireland’s hard-Brexit backing…
This week’s UK 100 movers aren’t as spicy as last week, up or down just 7%, but still very respectable for UK blue-chips. Until you compare them to the where one member rallied 50%, three put on 10-15% and six fell by 10-15%. Equities doing nothing you say? Hardly! Mediclinic rebounded after being one of…