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FTSE 350 in a month
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9 months: FTSE 100’s winning streak?
Thursday 27 Oct 2016Shares in the FTSE 100 index are nearing their ninth straight month of gains as October comes to a close. The UK’s blue chip benchmark is up around 14% year-to-date and logged declines in only one month, January, when the index declined 3.1%. In October, the FTSE 100 is up around 2% at Shares...
Consumer Price-to-Earnings ratios
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Best & Worst - Equity Income Funds
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FTSE 350 in a month
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1.15%: Bond yields push higher
Thursday 20 Oct 2016Ten-year government bond yields in the UK hit 1.15% – their highest level since the country’s vote to leave the EU. Fund managers at Barings say the hike in yields may be, in part, a result of comments by Prime Minister Theresa May which potentially undermine the independence of the Bank of England...
£250m: Biffa IPO falls short
Thursday 20 Oct 2016Waste management business Biffa ( BIFF ) has rejoined the stock market with an enterprise value of £750m, a quarter of a billion lower than when it was pitched to investors earlier in the year. Biffa floated with a market cap of £450m and net debt at around £300m. Investors are driving a harder...
$2,500
Thursday 20 Oct 2016Prices of zinc, used in industrial markets to galvanise steel, are on track to hit their highest levels since 2011. Supply conditions are ‘super tight’ and the zinc price could hit $2,500 a tonne by March, according to Osamu Saito, general manager at Mitsui Mining and Smelting. However, a reversal...
1lb of lobster: $6
Thursday 20 Oct 2016You won’t find lobster in the consumer price inflation basket but could surging costs of the luxury crustacean could be a sign of brewing price pressure? Lobster prices hit $6/lb this week, their highest in 11 years. Increases are being put down to the popularity of lobster rolls, now a feature at...
800,000
Thursday 20 Oct 2016Virtual reality (VR) may still seem like science fiction for many investors so you might be surprised that 800,000 is the expected number of VR headsets to be sold in the UK this year. Globally the equivalent figure is an impressive 15m, at least according to predictions by mobile market researcher...