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71 month high: French business activity
Thursday 27 Apr 2017Business activity is thriving in France despite a backdrop of security fears and political upheaval. The latest purchasing managers’ index showed the tenth consecutive month of private sector growth. The flash reading of 57.4 puts the PMI composite index for France at a 71-month high, according to...
£150m: Debenhams’ costly to-do list
Thursday 27 Apr 2017This is the increased annual spend over the next three financial years Debenhams ( DEB ) has budgeted in order to upgrade its mobile systems, store estate and supply chain. It is a material hike from a current annual spend of around £130m. Alongside half year results (20 Apr) showing a 6.4% drop in...
$5.4trn: Record ETF flows boost world’s largest asset manager
Thursday 27 Apr 2017BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has increased its assets under management (AUM) to $5.4tn. The firm’s exchange-traded fund division iShares record first quarter sales of $64.5bn is crucial in propelling BlackRock’s AUM to this incredible figure. iShares is the global leader for ETFs...
Record ETF flows in the first quarter of 2017
Thursday 20 Apr 2017A record $197bn of net new money has gone into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) globally in the first quarter of this year, says ETFGI, dwarfing the $29.6 billion that was poured into these products at the same time last year. If flows continue at this pace, the total for 2017 would reach about $788bn...
76,230: Tesla largest US car maker by market cap
Thursday 20 Apr 2017Forget General Motors and Ford; Tesla became the largest car manufacturer in the US on 10 April, if you use market value as your yardstick. A share price spike to around $312 gave Elon Musk’s Tesla a market value of $51bn, beating by a front bumper GM’s $50.9bn mark. But Tesla’s scale remains...
10 bagger: London Stock Exchange
Thursday 20 Apr 2017Thousands of investors put their money in the stock markets each day in hope of backing the next big winner – but one of the best investments would have actually been the stock market exchange operator. Shares in London Stock Exchange ( LSE ) have increased 10-fold since 2003. The dividend is also...
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255: WH Smith’s ever-increasing overseas exposure
Thursday 20 Apr 2017High-flying retailer WH Smith ( SMWH ) has so far won the rights to run 255 outlets in overseas transport hubs; 213 are already operational. Many people don’t realise it is increasingly generating more money from outside the UK. WH Smith now has exposure to 25 countries and 42 non-UK airports. Its...
Zero: Hunting cannot provide earnings guidance
Thursday 20 Apr 2017Despite enjoying a strong first quarter of the year thanks to higher activity levels in the US shale space, oil services firm Hunting ( HTG ) is still unable to give detailed guidance for 2017 as a whole. In the wake of a wider industry downturn, Hunting prudently stopped guiding on anything but...