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Trump action on crypto, tariffs and Ukraine shifts markets
Thursday 06 Mar 2025Three recent interventions by the Trump administration are having a major impact on financial markets. First, plans for a cryptocurrency strategic reserve were announced, helping to light a fire under Bitcoin and other digital assets. Those gains were soon erased however when, against hopes of a...
Adobe may need narrative change to fire stock higher
Thursday 06 Mar 2025March will be a busy month for creative software supplier Adobe (ADBE:NASDAQ) , with fiscal 2025 Q1 earnings after the market close on 12 March, followed by what could be a crucial investors day less than a week later, on 18 March. This will be a vital opportunity to give investors a welcome dose...
Can engineering outfit Spirax revive its fortunes?
Thursday 06 Mar 2025UK engineering business Spirax (SPX) is expected to deliver mid-single digit organic revenue growth for 2024 when it announces results on 11 March. As a reminder, the company (once known as Spirax-Sarco Engineering) is a FTSE 100 constituent focused on steam, thermal electric and niche pumping...
Tesla looks to AI and robotics to end stock’s three-month slump
Thursday 06 Mar 2025Elon Musk and Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) optimists in the analyst community appear to be pinning hopes on AI, robotaxis and robotics to reverse the negative mood surrounding the stock in recent months. Since peaking at an all-time high close to $480 in mid-December 2024, shares in the electric car firm...
Why Brown-Forman investors are in need of a stiff drink
Thursday 27 Feb 2025A sluggish US spirits market, Gen Z cutting back on drinking and concerns over the impact of weight-loss drugs on alcohol consumption have left shares in Jack Daniel’s distiller Brown-Forman (BF.B:NYSE) down 45% over one year. Throw tariff worries and the US surgeon-general’s Vivek Murthy’s call (3...
No easy way back for embattled B&M
Thursday 27 Feb 2025Struggling discounter B&M European Value Retail’s (BME) stock plunged to a five-year low after the variety retailer delivered its latest profit downgrade (24 February) and announced chief executive Alex Russo would step down at the end of April. Profit warnings almost always put a dent in a...
Buffett keeps his powder dry as Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile tops record $134 billion
Thursday 27 Feb 2025US investment giant Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B:NYSE) continued to raise cash from its marketable equites portfolio in the final quarter of 2024, pushing its cash hoard to a record $334 billion by year-end and making it a net seller of equities for nine consecutive quarters. Overall, Berkshire sold $...
Glencore slips to multi-year lows on weak coal price as it mulls London exit
Thursday 27 Feb 2025FTSE 100 commodity trader and mining outfit Glencore (GLEN ) is languishing close to multi-year lows in the wake of its latest disappointing results (19 February). Management’s frustration at the company’s current valuation – which stands at 11.7 times 2025 consensus forecast EPS (earnings per...
Rentokil has a long way to go to catch up with US peer Rollins
Thursday 27 Feb 2025Long-suffering shareholders in pest control and hygiene business Rentokil Initial (RTO) will be hoping the firm has good news when it reports its full-year results on 6 March. Over the past year, the shares have drifted sideways, in contrast to those of US peer Rollins (ROL:NYSE) which have chalked...
Centrica shares hit fresh 12-month high despite normalised trading
Thursday 27 Feb 2025Shares in Centrica (CNA) hit a new 12-month of 151p (24 February) not long after the British Gas owner announced better-than-expected results and a £500 million share buyback. Although the FTSE 100 company’s EBITDA (earnings before interest taxation depreciation amortisation) for the full year...