A more red than black Friday Proactive Investors – 27 Nov http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/morning-market-pulse/23725/a-more-red-than-black-friday-23725.html Asia: Equities end week in the red as Chinese markets plunge Digital Look – 27 Nov http://www.digitallook.com/news/market-report-asia/asia-equities-end-week-in-the-red-as-chinese-markets-plunge–945137.html Chinese stock market slump rocks UK-listed trusts and miners Telegraph – 27 Nov http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/UK Index 100/12020483/Chinese-stock-market-slump-rocks-UK-listed-trusts-and-miners.html UK Index Pressured; GDP Suggests BOE Will be in…
Last year we saw the UK Index house builders have a good few days following George’s autumn statement in which stamp duty reforms were announced, and stamp duty was again part of this year’s statement. House building stocks were all well in the blue before the Osborne took the stage but quickly retraced half their gains…
25 November 2015 With terrorism and geopolitical related fears having hampered travel sector sentiment of late, investors are welcoming a strong bounce by Thomas Cook (TCG) shares this morning. This comes from a return to full-year profit after a half decade of losses, management’s upbeat observations on current…
23 November 2015 Investors in Gambling group Playtech (PTEC) are folding this morning after the company announced that FCA regulatory concerns have put the kibosh on its June £460m acquisition of troubled CFD-broker Plus500 (PLUS). The deal was designed to provide a life-line for broker and expand PTEC’s online capabilities, however, it is…
20 November 2015 The latest minutes from the US Federal Reserve have increased speculation that December will finally see it take the plunge as the first of the major central banks to bring interest rates off their near-zero floor and start tightening monetary policy. However, surprising inactivity…
20 November 2015 With only a few weeks to go until the Christmas festivities, UK consumers are already planning their strategies for purchasing presents for loved ones and making sure they are fully provisioned for holiday food and drink. With this in mind, could seasonality be a catalyst for the UK Supermarkets, giving them…