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The UK market still shrinking as more mid-cap companies are taken over
Thursday 12 Jun 2025The takeover bandwagon is picking up speed as the year progresses with deals seemingly now being announced each week. On 9 June US chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM:NASDAQ) agreed to take over Alphawave IP Group (AWE) , which designs high-speed data transmission technology and licences it to semiconductor...
Resilient US jobs report sends stocks higher but concern lingers
Thursday 12 Jun 2025Despite a raft of weak economic data recently, markets finished with a flurry on 6 June after the S&P 500 gained more than 2% and the small cap Russell 2000 index jumped more than 3%. The market’s enthusiasm was sparked by a surprisingly resilient jobs report which showed the US economy added...
Vanquis Banking has been the standout performer in a strong financial sector
Thursday 12 Jun 2025UK bank stocks have done well this year, thanks to expectations of lower interest rates and a mortgage market which is heating up. Shares in Barclays (BARC) are up 22%, while NatWest [NWG) shares are up 32% and Lloyds (LLOY) are up 40%. One of the best-performing stocks of 2025 is sub-prime lender...
Can Carnival make waves with investors again?
Thursday 12 Jun 2025Following a strong 2024 rally, Carnival’s (CCL) shares have fallen roughly 15% year-to-date compared with a gain of similar magnitude for rival Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL:NYSE) . As such, there’s pressure on the P&O, Cunard and Princess cruise line operator to dock with solid second-quarter...
SRT Marine shares sail to all-time high on latest systems order
Thursday 05 Jun 2025As a long-term price chart shows, shareholders in marine security and defence firm SRT Marine Systems (SRT:AIM) are well used to choppy waters, but even the most seasoned investors will be rubbing their eyes at the stock’s performance this year. At the time of writing the shares are up 24% on the (...
Eagle Eye shares hit five-year low on loss of major US contract
Thursday 05 Jun 2025It has been a poor 2025 for shareholders in AI-enabled marketing company Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM) , starting with a warning in January that sales this and next financial year would miss forecasts due to a significant fall in professional services revenue and lengthening sales cycles due to the...
Nick Train keeps the faith with Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
Thursday 05 Jun 2025Veteran stockpicker Nick Train has upped his stake (30 May) in Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) to 3.92% in a show of confidence in the well-followed fund’s long-run prospects. The purchase followed results (29 May) for the half to 31 March 2025 which revealed another period of...
UK Strategic Defence Review sends security stocks higher
Thursday 05 Jun 2025Continuing reverberations from President Tump’s redrawing of the global world order saw the UK government announce its SDR (Strategic Defence Review), aimed at moving the UK to a position of ‘war fighting readiness.’ Having already committed to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP (gross...
GameStop turns to bitcoin as it tries to transform growth profile
Thursday 05 Jun 2025Having talked about it for months, GameStop (GME:NYSE) has finally pulled the trigger on its determined, if dicey, bitcoin raid. The ‘meme’ stock unveiled the purchase of 4,710 bitcoins on 25 May, valued at more than $515 million, as part of an investment strategy designed to ride cryptocurrency...
Johnson Matthey shares soar to a new year-high on £1.4 billion cash return
Thursday 29 May 2025Shares in Johnson Matthey (JMAT) soared more than 30% this week after the specialty chemicals group agreed to sell its Catalyst Technologies division to US industrial giant Honeywell (HON:NASDAQ) for an enterprise value of £1.8 billion. The specialty chemicals group has come under increasing...