Macro observations As far as negotiations in Europe go, these were meant to be the easiest taking place over the next 18 months or so. And yet, late last night, the news broke that German coalition talks had broken down as the FDP walked away from talks with Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU and the Green Party….
17 Nov Reuters (Link) “Shorts who stayed the course, even adding, will be grinning all the way to the bank, having expected already serious corporate and financial troubles to worsen,” said Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets. 16 Nov Proactive Investors (Link) GKN its said guidance for the full year would remain unchanged. But Mike…
The financial media’s job is to make us read (and absorb advertising). So it makes sense that their focus is on the exciting share price moves. However, this often means that we aren’t made aware of what is really driving equity indices, like the UK Index , higher or lower. The UK Index is up…
Once every six months, the Chancellor’s Budget and Statement have the potential to move shares in the UK remarkably. Having reversed the timing for each of these events, this will be the first Autumn Budget since 1996. There are many sectors of the UK economy that can be affected by the Budget. In recent years,…
In mid-July we asked whether subsidence could worsen. And it did, right though to end-August, from which the chart found support at 40p, albeit with gains and falls of up to 60% on news of contract wins, disposals, bid spec and financial updates. Today, however, the shares have plunged yet another 60% to fresh record…
Shares in engineer GKN have made a worrying breach of October’s 298p post profits warning lows, just over a month since we highlighted the risk of more bad news. A much bigger charge following a review of its Alabama facility (£80-130m vs £15m prev.) will fuel real concern about more skeletons in its North American…