Global equities got a shake up this week (overdue?) on concerns about rising bond yields, higher interest rates, slower growth and trade wars. This ushered US equities from their highs and dragged peer indices down with them. However not all UK shares had a tough week. In fact, some of the high beta names –…
Glance at the big market board this past Thursday morning and you would be greeted by a whole sea of red, as the global sell-off sent UK Index stocks lower en masse. But, curiously, a few big names proved resilient to the turbulence. What makes some names move higher when the markets collapse? One key…
UK 100 has fallen 200 points from Wednesday’s highs to trade 7330, and sit 220pts from last week’s September rebound peak. As it stand, we have only 10 names in the green for the week. A tough one to say the least. Rising bond yields may have helped the Banks (LLOY, BARC, etc) but they have provided competition…
We’re fast approaching the next round of quarterly reporting, which kicks off next week with the major US Banks like Citigroup JPMorgan get their latest report cards. Historically these have been a pre-cursor to the retail investor’s favourite – the UK listed banks, the likes of Lloyds (20% from 2018 highs), Barclays (21% from 2018 highs), RBS…
Change is good, powerful even. Perhaps not always easy, but the leap can encourage valuable innovation. So Accendo has gone the whole hog, with a full overhaul of its award-winning research. We listened, consulted, deliberated, and we’ve responded to the overarching request for more – lots more – tradable opportunities, each and every day. Well…
A few weeks back I wrote about UK 100 bluechip companies paying high dividends (yields of up to 12%) and those dividends most healthily covered by company profits (up to 17x). A combination of the two metrics can help investors filter for companies least likely to cut dividends in times of trouble, and thus the…