Shares and the stockmarket

EasyJet heads back toward cruising altitude

A lower loss than a year ago, increased passenger numbers and revenues per customer and guidance for higher-than-expected profits for the full year all suggest...

Thu, 26/01/2023 - 13:09

Ocado Retail faces yet another year in loss as lockdown boom fades

“Another year, another loss and another trading deficit is on the cards for 2023 from Ocado Retail food delivery joint-venture between Ocado and ...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 09:53

FTSE 100 dividends forecast to hit new record in 2023 but slowing profit growth and recession pose a threat

After the index’s autumn rally and cuts to analysts’ dividend forecasts, the FTSE 100 is now expected to yield 3.8% in 2022. The index’s total...

Thu, 12/01/2023 - 15:44

Apple loses a trillion dollars of market cap in a year

Super-spy Austin Power’s nemesis, Dr. Evil, used to get his millions, billions and trillions mixed up when he tried to hold the world to ransom,...

Thu, 05/01/2023 - 18:14

Five key themes that shaped portfolios’ investment returns in 2022

Portfolio builders – not to mention our economies, central bankers and politicians – have become accustomed to an era of cheap energy, food, goods and...

Tue, 20/12/2022 - 10:59

Micron first-quarter results

Silicon chips are a good guide to global economic health owing to their ubiquity – they are everywhere, from smart phones to laptops, car to...

Fri, 16/12/2022 - 10:44

Telecom Plus sends out all the right signals with first-half results

The failure of energy suppliers such as bulb, ampower, igloo, Hub Energy and many, many more has caused great distress to many householders, but a...

Wed, 23/11/2022 - 11:24

BP unveils fourth share buyback of 2022 as tax debate rages on

The debate over the rights and wrongs of BP’s bumper profits will run and run, but from the narrow perspective of investment the oil...

Thu, 03/11/2022 - 17:40

FTSE 100 set for record cash returns to investors but dividend forecasts stall

The FTSE 100 is now expected to yield 4.1% in 2022, as both the headline index and analysts’ dividend forecasts struggle to make any notable...

Thu, 13/10/2022 - 15:03

Drop in reservations rocks Barratt’s share price alongside grim economic backdrop

If government ministers needed any evidence of how policy missteps can affect not just the financial markets but the real economy, then Barratt Developments’...

Thu, 13/10/2022 - 12:52

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