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Best Buy reported strong first quarter financial results, but the escalating trade war with China could begin to take a toll.

FTSE 100, FTSE 250 down 1.4%. * Worries mount over May’s future, Brexit prospects. * TUI falls after Barclays “staycation” study. * Serco surges after …

On this week’s Companies and Markets Show editor John Hughman talks to Phil Oakley about why the FTSE 100 is failing investors, why M&S may …

Food group 2 Sisters announces its site in Witham could shut and says it will look to redeploy staff.

London’s FTSE 100 was down 1.4% at 7,234.25 in afternoon trade on Thursday amid worries about escalating Sino-US trade relations and Brexit.

A top Chinese diplomat tells the BBC there could be “substantial” repercussions if the UK bars Huawei.

Pawnbrokers protect their profit margins by only offering customers a fraction of what their items are worth and by lending cash at eye-watering rates of interest.Does this pragmatic approach to operating at the distressed end of the credit market make…

The FTSE 100 has fallen deep into the red in London in today’s session, pressured by worries over the trade relations between the US and China and …

The FTSE 100 was down 117 points (1.6%) at 7,217 – pretty much its low point for the day. “The suggestion by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that …

US equities have opened lower with the main benchmarks showing much the same percentage fall as the Footsie here in the UK. The FTSE 100 was …

Shares moved lower as the home improvement giant missed first quarter estimates and lowered forward guidance on rising costs.

The AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) share price has retreated from a high of 6,525p made as recently as 21 March. Currently trading at not much above …

FTSE100 trading weak for past two days and lost more than 100 points on ongoing Brexit news. UK PM Theresa May is expected to step down if …

Research says late-night online access to credit means people borrow more than they can afford to repay.

Urban Outfitters has been a retail laggard. A new women’s apparel rental service should begin to affect results in the second quarter.

Health care plan stocks have made a remarkable recovery after a brutal month of selling in April. Play the turnaround using these trading tactics.

Everywhere you look – except for India, apparently – stock markets are on the run today. On the plus side, the FTSE 100 has trimmed its losses in the …

After a year-to-date gain of over 50%, shares of the discount retailer appear to be poised for additional upside.

Lord Hain uses parliamentary privilege to make allegations about staff complaints

LONDON (Alliance News) – Risk appetite faded on Thursday as the FTSE 100 shed over a 100 points, with ex-dividend stocks among those dragging …

Good morning! 
Some companies with updates today:
Hollywood Bowl (LON:BOWL)Gateley Holdings (LON:GTLY)Tungsten (LON:TUNG)StatPro (LON:SOG)HSS Hire (LON:HSS)Premier Asset Management (LON:PAM)Cheers,
Graham

Market overview
A quick word on where we are …

We’ve been here time and again over the last 12 months but finally, with a European election drubbing in the offing and her revamped Withdrawal …

This year’s list focuses on major upheavals in society, but Gates also recommends a title for those in the mood for something light.

The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index tumbled this morning as investors faced a perfect storm of political turmoil in Westminster and British …

The FTSE 100 slumped to 7,231 before rallying a little to 7,237, down 97 points. “What was already a bad session turned disastrous following another …

The FTSE 100 business has been putting out a series of striking market updates over the past year, and the steady improvement in market sentiment …

For investors embracing the concept of portfolios based on factor premiums (rather than asset classes), what is the best factor allocation approach? In their March 2019 paper entitled “Factor-Based Allocation: Is There a Superior Strategy?”…

Although the world economy may face an uncertain period at the present time, a number of FTSE 100 stocks offer increasing levels of profitability over …

As one wag put it, we thought we would see the end of May by the end of May but now we may see the end of the PM by the end of this pm.

Good morning! 

Market overview
A quick word on where we are in big-picture terms.
The FTSE is bang in the middle of its range over the past two years. We can all see in hindsight that December 2018 was a super buying opportunity, and I’d wish I’d been…