By Augustin Eden, Analyst Will they? Won’t they? Might they? Are we all going to go bust?! All questions asked of the Bank of England of late. The answer – to the first two questions anyway – is not before the Americans. It’s been fun to get the odd bit of interest rate commentary from…
7 September 2015 This week saw Chancellor Osborne surprise markets by starting to sell down the UK taxpayer’s 78% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). This stake was inherited from the previous Labour government’s 2008 bailout of the systemically important institution at the height the financial crisis. UKFI offloaded a 5.4% stake on Monday…
DJ UK Index Lower; U.S. Jobs Data in Focus Dow Jones – 7 Aug U.K. stocks lost ground Friday, with some caution setting in ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report from the U.S., but the benchmark UK 100 was still headed for a weekly gain. The UK 100 fell, with consumer goods and…
By Augustin Eden, Analyst Rio Tinto is definitely a favourite among the more old fashioned retail investors – those who perhaps remember more booming times but, more descriptively, those who may be seen by some as a little ‘stuck in their ways.’ Mining stocks are not performing as they used to, with a much talked…
31 July 2015 Things really hotted up in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) this week with 6 high-profile announcements involving well known UK-listed UK Index stocks. This marks an acceleration into month-end and suggests renewed corporate optimism in being able to acquire growth at still favourable pricing. The share price moves that followed also emphasise the…
A possible buy-back should worry Lloyds investors Proactive Investors – 31 Jul http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/109557/a-possible-buy-back-should-worry-lloyds-investors-109557.html LONDON MARKET MID-MORNING: Stocks Mixed; Liberty Global Ups ITV Stake Alliance News – 31 Jul http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=r0i9mqwp&headline=LONDON_MARKET_MIDMORNING_Stocks_Mixed_Liberty_Global_Ups_ITV_Stake Lloyds floats special dividends but PPI costs weigh CityWire – 31 Jul http://citywire.co.uk/money/lloyds-floats-special-dividends-but-ppi-costs-weigh/a830235 IMF playing good or bad cop? Proactive Investors – 31 Jul http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/morning-market-pulse/22684/imf-playing-good-or-bad-cop-22684.html Lloyds…