This morning sees BT Group (BT/A) shares -16% to trade levels last seen in mid-2013. Just as brokers and investors were prepping for FY results on Friday, the company delivers a profits warning linked to an existing accounting scandal at its Italian business. Continued investigation since October (internal + external) has shown the extent of…
On the first trading session since the swearing in of Donald Trump as the President of the United States, the UK’s blue chip index is struggling to gain traction. The immediate negative reaction from foreign exchange markets to Trump’s inauguration speech saw the US Dollar dented as the new leader of the free world struck a…
Macro observations On Friday, Donald Trump received the keys to his new home on Pennsylvania Avenue in a typically Trump demeanour. Now officially sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, foreign exchange markets have reacted unfavourably to the Republican’s opening gambit, as his inauguration speech proved significantly more protectionist than many expected….
After Pearson last week, it’s the turn of shareholders in Essentra (ESNT) to be on the wrong side of yet another profits warning – it’s fourth since last June. Having warned barely two months ago, management (new CEO as of 1 Jan) is already guiding to even lower full-year operating profits due to a “further…
2016 will be remembered as a year of tremendous highs and lows for investors, with economic and political surprises resulting in some amazing opportunities. None more so than for followers of the heavily traded mining sector. Having been stuck in the deep pits of a commodity price downturn at the turn of the new year with fears…
Two normally defensive UK Index blue-chips disappointed this week, their negative trading updates highlighting worrying business trends. The first’s shares sold off hard (-7%), while the other’s tanked (-28%) after its third profits warning since September. The question now is whether the worst is over for both? From near multi-year if not all-time lows are…