Which stocks are in the dividend danger-zone? June 18, 2019 Dividends are one of the perks of the stock markets. While investors can opt to take dividends as cash, reinvesting them can have a powerful impact on your portfolio. According to analysis from Fidelity, if you’d invested £100 a month in the FTSE All Share index over the past 30 years and reinvested all of [...]
Is Angela Merkel to blame for Europe’s woes? June 18, 2019 Sakrileg: the German word for sacrilege – that is, the violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred. And yes, I’m about to go there by asking if the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, been a disaster for Europe. I’ve been wondering if Merkel’s prolonged tenure at the Federal Chancellery has been extending the region’s [...]
Foreign candidates losing interest in UK finance over Brexit, says job company June 18, 2019 Foreign talent is turning its back on the UK financial sector, new analysis has revealed, raising the possibility of staffing problems at City firms. Read more: Businesses must ramp up no-deal Brexit plans, IoD warns According to job site Indeed, interest in UK banking jobs from abroad has dropped by 12 per cent since 2015. [...]
Fires in the Gulf: How a tiny waterway worries international oil traders June 17, 2019 Oil prices soared four per cent last Thursday as observers reported seeing smoke rising from a Norwegian oil tanker off the coast of the UAE. Later, reports emerged that a second tanker, the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous, had also taken damage and its 21 crew were evacuated. It happened as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was [...]
Airtel Africa’s London float to value it at £3bn – £3.6bn June 17, 2019 One of Africa’s largest telecoms businesses said today it would float in London at a value of £3bn to £3.6bn. Airtel Africa announced the price range for its upcoming listing, setting its share price at 80p to 100p. The offer is expected to comprise 595m to 744m new shares to raise gross proceeds of approximately [...]
Pound continues losing streak as Boris Johnson plants foot inside Number 10 June 17, 2019 The pound continued to slide against the euro today, following six straight weeks of falls, as it looked increasingly likely that Brexiter Boris Johnson would become Britain’s next PM. Read more: Tory leadership race: Matt Hancock backs Boris Johnson Sterling had fallen 0.4 per cent against the single currency shortly after 5pm UK time to [...]
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US interest rates and gold: what’s next for global markets? June 17, 2019 | City Talk This week’s main focus across financial markets is likely to be the US interest rate decision on Wednesday evening (19:00 BST). There is unlikely to be any actual change to interest rates but, as usual, traders will be watching out for clues about the Federal Reserve’s sentiment on the state of the economy and future [...]
Reabold shares soar on discovery of massive gas field June 17, 2019 Reabold Resources has found what could be Britain’s largest onshore gas field, it said today, sending shares skywards. The small London-listed explorer said it estimates the West Newton site near Hull could contain 189bn cubic feet of gas. This would make it the biggest discovery of hydrocarbons onshore since 1973, the company said. “The results [...]