A not unusually muted reaction to Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony this afternoon, given that she’s come out and said ‘financial conditions in the US have recently become less supportive of growth.’ It doesn’t take a 1st class physicist to recognise that this is essentially another way of saying ‘we raised interest rates before we…
ARM Holdings (ARM) shares have broken below the key 900p level as investors balk at a Q4 earnings report card that showed its chip architecture licensed for use 4bn times last year, pre-tax profits growth of 17% a fraction ahead of consensus and growing faster than revenues, and a 25% hike to the FY dividend. What’s…
The UK trade balance for goods is experiencing the widest deficit since records began. But don’t worry – the UK trade balance for services is in surplus by the most it’s ever been! This, a stark indicator of the UK’s diminishing presence as an exporter of goods and looming champion as an exporter of services (think financial, legal and creative), has got…
Worldpay (WPG) shares are having their cards declined again this morning, the in payments processing giant’s shares down sharply for a second successive day, echoing the global equity market rout. However, while global markets are jittery about the banking sector and its ability to weather slower growth and recession, negative interest rates, market turbulence, a commodity…
Augustin Eden, 8 Feb European investment banks are the talk of the town on Monday following a week in which some major names (Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank to name 2) came out with some minor numbers. Monetary policy that’s easy for the consumer has been tough for banks – some might say quite rightly –…
Rolls Royce (RR.) share price thrusters in reverse at this morning on news management is set to meet Thursday to discuss the extent of its first dividend cut in more than 20 years (by how much? for how long?). Weakness limited, however, by shareholder relief from talk of the company avoiding a sixth profits warning which…