19th February 19
HSBC took a hit today as the Co. posted a 1.0% drop in ADJ net profits in Q4 to print a reading of USD 3.39bn, they cited the slowdown in China as the main reason for the miss but reported revenue ro...
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15th February 19
While market narratives continue to drive short term sentiment, asset classes taken in the broader context continue to highlight the unease within the investor psyche and this latter point is a much-...
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News this morning broke that Debenhams have managed to secure a GBP 40mln loan facility with its existing lenders. Let's not forget that the company still has a net debt of GBP 286mln and there has t...
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8th February 19
Not too much for US markets to digest this week other than the established themes from the prior week. The Fed is taking a less hawkish stance on rates and is open to resuming reinvestments on ...
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Early wobbles in the risk mood - China returns next week It is fair to say that after the sharp losses seen in the major stock markets at the end of last year, we have somewhat reverted ...
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Interesting times for the equity markets at the moment. Issues include German, British and Australian downgrades to growth. An economic slowdown in China, although they are throwing the kitchen sink ...
Read More6th February 19
This Thursday sees the BoE deliver its latest assessment on the economy as well as its monetary policy decision - the latter clearly unlikely to change in the current environment. As it stands,...
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6th February 19
The author last blogged two months ago and flagged the geo-political concerns which were depressing investor sentiment at the time, as well as proscribing common sense ‘medicine’ prompted...
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The housing sector is struggling at the moment with margins and the fallout from the nations capital of London. More recently it seems the housing sector has been buoyant about the governments wait ...
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It was a busy week in the US, with a number of key events which all fed through to a more positive backdrop for the Wall St indices. A Chinese delegation of trade representatives led by vice premier ...
Read More31st January 19
Shares in the company have risen around 4% this morning after a stellar report. Profits from the oil giant gushed by more than a third to their highest since 2014 at $21.4 billion for 2018. Q4 a...
Read More30th January 19
Today we have the latest FOMC rate decision and press conference from the US Federal Reserve. This could potentially have big implications on the FTSE 100 as there have been recent reports that the F...
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Crest Nicholson today released their latest final results for the year ending October 31st. The company have performed well considering the state of the UK housing market recently. The company partic...
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29th January 19
There has been a lot of talk recently about funds and their usefulness in a bear market. After all, when things are slowing down and the stock market is falling in value, the idea that a fund will so...
Read More28th January 19
While the macroeconomic backdrop will hinge significantly on the FOMC meeting this week, we have a number of earnings announcements released this week, which will serve to give the market a much grea...
Read More25th January 19
It speaks volumes when the economic data stands up to the tide of global uncertainty, and in the UK jobs report this week, we saw wage growth along with an ongoing pick up in employment serving as a ...
Read More24th January 19
Looking across the spectrum of stocks that have been affected by the uncertainty revolving around Brexit, it is not hard to see the major exporters in Europe being some of the hardest hit. Havi...
Read More23rd January 19
I was milling around in Harrods yesterday not because I had any intention to buy anything but because my better half loves that shop. Thankfully she loves to window shop more than actually buy anythi...
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IG Group today released their interim statement for the six months ended 30 November 2018. Things are not looking great for the sector as a whole and this reflected in the results. Net tra...
Read More18th January 19
These are relatively quiet times in the US, and with a capricious president at the helm, it is perhaps eerily quiet in that respect. Nevertheless, markets have been left in limbo this week, tra...
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