UK Investor Magazine

Alan Green joins the UK Investor Magazine Podcast to dive into this week’s key market themes. We look at the FTSE 100 and the China-exposed stocks leading the index higher on Tuesday. China has announced they will be looking at increasing the rollout of vaccines to the over 65s. Such a move will help reopen the economy and boost headline global growth figures.We discuss easyJet and More Acquisitions.Register for the December UK Investor Magazine Virtual Conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Green joins the Podcast to dive into three Uk equities and the key themes driving markets this week.We discuss:Pets at Home (LON:PETS)Halfords (LON:HFD)Harland & Wolff (LON:HARL)We start by looking at the FTSE 100 and whether we could see all time highs in London’s leading index – at the same time the UK economy enters a recession. Pets at Home and Halfords were big winners during the pandemic but their shares have drifted since. We crunch the numbers from their interim updates. Harland & Wolff have received a game changing contract win for 3 battleships from the Ministry of Defence. We question how high Harland & Wolff shares could go? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK Investor Magazine was thrilled to welcome Matt Britzman, Equity Analyst Matt Britzman, to discuss three equities, including:BurberryIDSNVIDIABurberry has been reliant on the Chinese luxury market for some years but today’s update shows the weaker pound is creating a more diverse client base. We run through their update and how their strategy is evolving. IDS, formerly known as Royal Mail, is facing a number of challenges that have resulted in a £57m operating loss in the first half. We look at their Five Point Plan for turning the business around. We conclude with a look at NVIDIA and yesterday’s earnings updates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start by looking at the backdrop of rising inflation and economic uncertainty after UK inflation hit 11.1% with milk and cheese costs and main element of the higher prices.A scenario where UK inflation is rising and US inflation falling presenting an interesting set of trading possibilities, some of which we explore.SSE are investing 4x their profits in improving their infrastructure after benefitting from higher energy costs. We run through SSE’s latest half year report.Frontier IP Group invest in cutting-edge technology companies including waste management, battery storage, foodtech, robotics and agritech. We look at their recent developments.We finish the Podcast by looking at the sharp increase in Poolbeg Pharma shares. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK Investor Magazine Podcast revisits Triple Point Energy Transition’s Q&A session at our Investment Trust conference.Fund Manager Jonathan Hick summarises their holistic strategy for investing in the energy transition and takes questions from attendees.Jonathan answers questions on the current state of the energy market, green hydrogen and how capacity of the UK grid is limiting renewable power opportunities. Watch the full video presentation here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Green joins the Podcast as we delve into key markets theme and a number of UK equities.We discuss:AstraZeneca (LON:AZN)Georgia Capital (LON:CGEO)Vela Technologies (LON:VELA)We start by looking at potential catalysts for markets as we move into the winter.AstraZeneca has reported a solid set of third quarter results as the company sees the benefits of higher cancer drug sales.Georgia Capital has been trading at deep discount to NAV and Alan outlines why he sees strength in the business going forward.Vela Technologies shares jumped this week as they announced the IPO of a portfolio company on the NASDAQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were thrilled to welcome Adam Norris, CEO and Founder of Pure Electric, to the UK Investor Magazine Podcast to explore Pure Electric. Adam Norris was the founder on Pensions Direct and working with Hargreaves Lansdown he floated the company before committing his time to his son Lando’s motorsport pursuit. Lando went on to become a Formula One driver and Adam turned his attention to angel investing.Feeling his investee founders did not have the same passion as he did for their projects, Adam founded Pure Electric.Adam describes how he wanted to create a business that would provide people with a positive impact. His interest was channelled towards climate change and thus Pure Electric was born. Adam explains while he saw the benefits in nuclear power and other major infrastructure, he wanted to be instrumental in his business and has invested a significant proportion of his wealth in establishing Pure Electric. Pure Electric has since sold over 200,000 scooters and generated £35m revenue. Pure Electric are now welcoming investors to join their journey through a Crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.You can find more information on Crowdcube here.Adam Norris can be contacted personally on LinkedIn here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Green joins the Podcast as we explore UK equities and key macro themes driving markets this week. We discuss:Next (LON:NXT)GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK)Sovereign Metals (LON:SVML)ECR Minerals (LON:ECR)We focus initially on the Chinese economy and how UK investors could play the end of the Zero COVID-19 policy, should recent rumours prove to have any weight to them.Next is a fantastic bellwether for the UK economy and to see the retailer maintain their full year profit guidance, despite concerns around the health of the UK consumer.GlaxoSmithKline sales have impressed the market with £7.8 billion sales in the third quarter, up 18% AER compared to the same period last year. We look deeper into the results and recent developments oil their pipeline of drugs.We finish by looking at Sovereign Metal’s recent Titanium Rutile offtake agreement and ECR Minerals latest update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK Investor Magazine was delighted to be joined Derren Nathan, Head of Equity Research at Hargreaves Lansdown.Derren provides a fantastic overview of Meta, Alphabet, WPP and the online advertising sector.Get more information on the Hargreaves Lansdown website here.We look at the external economic factors driving advertising spend in the third quarter and how earnings could play during the rest of the year. Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered have reported earnings this week and displayed clear benefits of higher interest rates. However the outlook has dampened sentiment and caused banks  to make provisions for bad debts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK Investor Magazine is joined by Alan Green for a broad discussion around key market themes and a number of UK equities.We start with a look at Rishi Sunak’s early moves as Prime Minister. He has moved to unify his party and made early progress in increasing confidence in UK assets. We look at what the future holds for him.Barclays have enjoyed the benefits of higher interest rates and increased bond trading in the third quarter. However, the economic outlook is a cause for concerns and market sentiments echoed those of HSBC yesterday.Reckitt Benckiser shares fell as Q3 sales rose but volumes fell. We explore what the coming months could mean for the consumer company.We finish with the success of secondary placings in junior explorers Kavango Resources and Blencowe Resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.