Hints and tips:
...S&P is three years on from completing the purchase of analytics group IHS Markit for $44bn and chief executive Doug Peterson told analysts earlier this month that the company was open to “tuck-in acquisitions...
...Meanwhile, S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services, with February readings expected to dip slightly from January levels....
...Beware UK: phased rollout of free childcare to children below the age of three, announced by chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Spring Budget statement in March 2023....
...It was clear before Wednesday that higher inflation and changed forecasts would give chancellor Jeremy Hunt more “headroom” or margin between the five-year forecast and the rule....
...Elijah Oliveros-Rosen of S&P Global Ratings points out that a lot of the debt issued in 2020 will come due between 2025 and 2027....
...France’s Cac 40 gained 0.3 per cent, while London’s FTSE 100 added 0.1 per cent ahead of UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has floated the idea of adding a £5,000 allowance for investments into UK companies....
...Star of the show will be chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who delivers his speech to parliament, outlining future tax and spending plans, at 12:30pm London time....
...Featuring controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, the conference is the latest in a series of media ventures bankrolled by Marshall, who has emerged as an enthusiastic combatant in the UK’s...
...S&P this month downgraded Thames Water’s top-ranked class A debt to BBB-, the bottom rung of investment-grade, just one notch above junk....
...Over the past decade the total return on the S&P 500 of more than 200 per cent is three times higher than the UK market....
...Relentless Melt by Jeremy P Bushnell (Melville House) A pair of unconventional amateur detectives investigate mysterious goings-on in early-20th-century Boston — but what appears to be a straightforward...
...“It’s not like triple C is a diversified index,” said Jeremy Burton, US high-yield and leveraged loan manager at PineBridge Investments....
...Jeremy Hunt’s Budget this month, in which he proposed a new UK Isa, has attracted criticism for adding an extra layer of complexity....
...Also, S&P Global November PMI data for manufacturing and services UK: GfK Consumer Confidence Survey US: S&P Global November PMI data for manufacturing and services....
...Jeremy Hunt believes a dearth of investment in the UK stock market is hampering growth and competitiveness....
...Disney shares are up about 6 per cent this year, underperforming the broader S&P 500, which has gained about 24 per cent....
...For comparison, payouts (which include buybacks) only account for 20 per cent of total returns for the S&P 500....
...And the UK is pulling out all the stops, with Sky News reporting that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had met with Shein’s chair Donald Tang to push for a London debut....
...Shares in New York were higher in late-morning trading, with the S&P 500 up 0.2 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 0.4 per cent higher....
...Economists polled by Reuters expect S&P Global’s composite eurozone purchasing managers’ index to rise to 47, up from 46.5 the previous month....
...In late February, Edmond Franco and Jeremy Gregg bought a new multimillion-dollar condo apartment in Midtown Manhattan, going over their original budget by more than 50 per cent....
...The mixed numbers were released a day after chancellor Jeremy Hunt told the Financial Times that 2024 was “when we need to throw off our pessimism and declinism about the UK economy”....
...UK business activity grew marginally in November, according to new S&P Global/Cips PMI data....
...But Jeremy Schwartz, economist at Nomura, said the minutes showed “a lack of conviction” among Fed officials that they had conquered inflation....
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