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Trustpilot shares soar 61% over the past six months
Thursday 23 Jan 2025In the past week, shares in Trustpilot (TRST) have gained almost 25% to hit a three-year high after the online review and analytics platform said full year EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) would be ahead of market expectations. The Denmark-based firm has seen...
Trump promises a ‘golden age of America’ at the expense of trade partners
Thursday 23 Jan 2025Eight years ago, at his first inauguration, Donald Trump delivered one of the darkest addresses in presidential history. This time round, he tried to make the mood more uplifting, describing himself as ‘optimistic’ and promising ‘a thrilling new era of national success’, although it soon became...
Will Royal Caribbean Cruises continue to benefit from robust demand and pricing trends?
Thursday 23 Jan 2025The world’s second largest cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL:NYSE) is expected to release its fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings before the market opens on 28 January. Analysts expect the US cruise operator to report a profit of $1.49 per share up 19.2% from $1.25 per share in...
Cloud growth, AI appetite and margins crucial for big tech earnings
Thursday 23 Jan 2025Mega cap tech earnings will kick-off next week and cloud computing growth, AI applications, profit margins and regulations will be key pointers. Big tech has been crucial in driving US markets higher in recent years and so setting a positive tone for the year ahead will be crucial. The so-called ‘...
Anpario’s fifth full-year upgrade in a row feeds further gains
Thursday 16 Jan 2025Shares in Anpario (ANP:AIM) are up a portfolio-nourishing 67% over one year, the latest upward spike triggered by a fifth upgrade in a row (10 January) to full-year 2024 guidance from the natural sustainable feed additives supplier. Following a stronger-than-expected second half, Anpario now...
US wildfires could rank among the most costly natural disasters in country’s history
Thursday 16 Jan 2025The wildfires which seemingly came out of nowhere and have devastated large communities in the Los Angeles area, destroying more than ten thousand properties, are reckoned to have caused total damage approaching $250 billion according to forecasting service Accuweather. That would be equal to...
Greggs shares hit a 52-week low despite sales hitting £2 billion milestone
Thursday 16 Jan 2025The latest trading update from Greggs (GRG) saw the shares sink to a 52-week low. Greggs said seasonal lines like its Festive Bake, the all-new Festive flatbread and Gingerbread latte were in high demand, while it opened a record 226 new shops in 2024. So, what went wrong for the UK’s favourite...
Is another upgrade cooking at Cranswick?
Thursday 16 Jan 2025Only a few more sleeps before we find out how Cranswick (CWK) fared over the seasonally-important Christmas period, with the UK food producer prepping its third-quarter trading statement for release on 21 January. Shares believes the update could stoke another round of forecast upgrades, since...
Oil price hits six-month high amid sanctions and cold weather
Thursday 16 Jan 2025Oil prices have hit a six-month high amid cold weather and new US sanctions on Russian sales of crude. This is not entirely bad news for the FTSE 100 given the heavy weighting of oil giants BP (BP.) and Shell (SHEL) in the index, but not for nothing is oil known as a tax on economic growth. Higher...
Why rising bond yields are testing equity investors’ risk appetite
Thursday 16 Jan 2025American novelist Ernest Hemmingway coined the phrase ‘gradually then suddenly’ in his 1926 Novel The Sun also Rises, and that seems an appropriate description of investor’s reaction to rising bond yields. UK 10-year bond yields sit just shy of 5% compared with close to 4% in the middle of October...