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…
8 Dec Business Times (Link) “In focus today will be the fallout from an eleventh hour Brexit deal between the UK and EU, sufficient progress having been made on the Irish border issue, clearing the path for the second round of negotiations and, most crucially, the beginning of long overdue trade talks,” said Accendo Markets analyst…
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…
1 Dec Proactive Investors (Link) “The question now is whether this level [7,300] holds up or is merely a pause amid the bearish flag from recent 7580 highs towards September 7200 lows,” said Mike van Dulken, market analyst at Accendo Markets. 30 Nov This Is Money (Link) Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets,…