Hints and tips:
...But, of course, there’s a reason why it’s widely called Shitibank; the sprawling, gormless Citi has for a v v v very long time proven adept at blithely ambling onto various rakes around the world....
...The new paper, by Jeremiah Green of Texas A&M and John Hand of University of North Carolina, argues that at least on the ethnic diversity side, the studies just don’t hold up....
...The P/B ratio measures the market value relative to its book value....
...“There is a thirst for new paper, and you’re not getting that through new M&A,” says Muthukrishnan....
...As the TSE’s chief executive, Hiromi Yamaji, told Nikkei Asia earlier this year: “Instead of taking the rigid approach of saying those with P/B ratios below 1 have failed, it makes more sense to urge every...
...So B&M, which also reports on Wednesday, should be lifted by shoppers trading down....
...I look at high-yield and I’m neutral to slightly positive....
...Take the recent stand-off between activist Yoshiaki Murakami and Cosmo Energy, the smallest of Japan’s three big energy firms (with a P/B of 0.7)....
...Black British Artist Grant, an annual programme giving a leg up to figures within the arts and addressing diversity and visibility across the creative sector. a-cold-wall.com; community.samuel-ross.com B...
...(Owen Walker) Deal Tracker M&A activity across the fintech sector continued to slow in June according to the latest research from S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...V Vaccination Pretty much the only thing that stood between Novak Djokovic and this year’s Australian Open title. Oops....
...All BFM’s funds had tickers — a code that identifies investment vehicles in regulatory filings and data providers — that started with the letter B....
...I mean, from the customers you're talking to, are they concerned that China Inc, as it were, has cornered the market for battery materials?...
...Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V Le Quesne, Salisbury; Sue Topham, Newark; Anthony Evans, Hove Polymath...
...Bond default risk: M&B has only received a temporary waiver until 15 May on its cessation covenant....
...“As for me, I'm not going anywhere. I'm an oil finder and geologist at heart,” Mr Hamm said in a statement. “Working together, Bill and I will help the company cultivate new strategic opportunities.”...
...There’s a rejig of forecasts on a Norway tax break and a bit of fantasy M&A, which seems to be obligatory in E&P notes at the moment....
...Much further down the market, there’s M&AAA....
...Having cut estimates on several occasions this year for all our stocks, we are increasing earnings forecasts for three in particular (Asos, Zalando and B&M), given the likelihood of recent trading being...
...B.R. Shetty and his advisers are in the process of carrying out a legal review in order to verify the total interests of Dr. B.R....
...Mark Grant, chief global strategist at B Riley FBR Inc in Fort Lauderdale, Florida “My target for the S&P 500 by year end is 3,382 and the 10-year yield at 1.70 per cent . . ....
...We value IAG at a P/B 2019 of 0.4x (as for AF-KLM / at a 20% discount to Lufthansa’s P/B multiple in the lows in 2009; IAG was formed in 2011)....
...The organic growth decline is similar to 2009 but we assume a more muted margin impact of 200 b.p’s vs 300 b.p.s’ – this reflects WPP has anticipated the slowdown & the likely availability of some Government...
...AstraZeneca’s M&A team probably has an entire alphabet of deal codenames on the go at the moment. In that context, was serious contact made to Gilead? Yeah, probably....
...In deep value territory: Stocks are trading at 30-year absolute P/B lows and near relative 2008/09 lows (43). HEI and SGO screen as particularly cheap....
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