The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on the future of supermarkets BUSINESS Interactive Investor's Victoria Scholar on supermarkets, China's growth and a new podcast in the City A.M. notebook
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on the economy, Ryanair, and Spoons THE CITY Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I’ll start with the good.
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on stocks, China and Spiderman JOTTINGS The notebook is a place where interesting people say interesting things. Today, it’s Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor The market mood is picking up with the S&P 500 enjoying its best week since March. The Dow surged over 2% on Friday, its biggest one-day gain since January and the Nasdaq Composite completed [...]
Victoria Scholar: Credit Suisse’s next move, luxury wins and a guilt-free sirloin steak April 25, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things! Today it’s Victoria Scholar, the head of investment at Interactive Investor. Here’s what she has to say: Credit Suisse released its final set of earnings for the period ahead of the CHF 3 billion takeover from UBS in March. The Swiss bank suffered a CHF 67 [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on inflation, Ocado’s woes, and why Ted Lasso is a blessed relief March 28, 2023 The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned firms against rising prices to offset inflation. He told the BBC, “please understand if we get inflation embedded, interest rates will have to go up further and higher inflation really benefits nobody.” The latest UK inflation rate for February surprised economists by picking up again to [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on why it’s not all doom and gloom for the economy March 8, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. Today, it’s Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, on why it’s not the time to be gloomy about the UK’s prospects, the battle for your coffee pound and a new podcast. You wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that the UK economy is in a [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on a wave of bank results, Elon Musk, and a holiday read February 22, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Victoria Scholar, head of investment at interactive investor, on bank results, Elon Musk and an unputdownable holiday read Bank on it? With UK banks currently reporting earnings, key themes so far have been rising interest rates, growing credit loss provisions, share buybacks, volatile financial [...]