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Why WH Smith was prepared to sell its High Street stores at bargain basement price
Thursday 03 Apr 2025Iconic British retailer WH Smith (SMWH) is on the cusp of a radical transformation from newsagent and stationer into a pure-play global travel retailer, having agreed to sell its iconic UK High Street business to Modella Capital for an enterprise value of £76 million. Set to complete this summer,...
Lloyds shares play catch-up with Big Four rivals in 2025
Thursday 27 Mar 2025So far this year shares in banking group Lloyds (LLOY) have closed the gap which opened up between it and peers like Barclays (BARC) and NatWest (NWG) in 2024. That the stock has advanced year-to-date is even more impressive when you consider the company has significant exposure to the ongoing...
Greggs shares plunge to two-year lows
Thursday 27 Mar 2025Food-on-the-go retailer Greggs (GRG) has endured a miserable start to 2025, with its shares down more than 35% year-to date to their lowest levels since 2022. A warning in January from chief executive Roisin Currie of lower consumer confidence, which ‘continues to impact high street footfall and...
Investors get comfortable with Liberation Day
Thursday 27 Mar 2025As global trade tensions continue to test investor’s patience, uncertainty is set to move up a notch as we approach what Donald Trump has christened ‘Liberation Day’ on 2 April. ‘April 2nd is going to be liberation day for America. We’ve been ripped off by every country in the world, friend and foe...
BYD steals Tesla’s thunder with its 2024 sales
Thursday 27 Mar 2025Just over a year ago, we predicted investors and car buyers would be hearing a lot more about Chinese manufacturer BYD (1211:HKG) over the coming months. Fast-forward and the Chinese EV maker has seen its annual revenue top the $100 billion mark for the first time, beating estimates and leaving its...
ASOS shares hit new all-time low despite US restructuring news
Thursday 20 Mar 2025The share price chart of online fast-fashion firm ASOS (ASC) is quite unnerving even for investors who don’t own the FTSE 250 stock. Something has clearly gone very wrong since the start of the year, yet the news flow – such as it is – has been positive. In mid-January, the firm announced that,...
Greatland Gold shares gain 53% year-to-date as bullion price hits new high
Thursday 20 Mar 2025AIM-quoted Greatland Gold (GGP:AIM) has seen its shares gain a healthy 53% year-to-date as the mining firm rides the coat-tails of the record gold price and completes two transformational deals in Australia. The precious metal hit $3,000 per ounce for the first time on 14 March due to central bank...
Stagflation fears stoked by stalling consumer confidence and rising inflation
Thursday 20 Mar 2025With recession worries taking all the headlines last week, the latest University of Michigan consumer confidence survey reading on 14 March was hotly anticipated. Not only did the reading fall short of expectations, plumbing a two year low of 57.9, but the survey also revealed a sharp rise in...
Vistry expected to draw a line under cost issues and provide new medium-term targets
Thursday 20 Mar 2025Vistry (VTY) , one of the largest housebuilders in the UK is scheduled to release its full year results on 26 March alongside an update on its medium-term targets. Investors will be hoping the company can draw a line under the cost issues which have impacted the business over the last few months,...
Threat of Asda-led price war puts supermarket shares under pressure
Thursday 20 Mar 2025A surprise announcement from Asda has caught investors off guard and threatened to spark a supermarket price war. Its UK rivals were knocked off their axis by the profit warning and a statement it intends to invest more in price and store standards this year. Executive chair Allan Leighton said the...