Forecasting

​​Earnings season begins in April, and is expected to see a third consecutive quarter of growth in earnings, helping to support the S&P 500 at record highs.

2024-03-25T14:47:44+0000

It is a relatively quiet week ahead, starting Monday 25 March, but Australia data dominates the calendar. The recent trend has been for this to be better than economist forecasts.

2024-03-22T09:15:31+0000

Ryanair’s stock is higher this morning after the company updated investors on passenger numbers. The low-cost airline reported said some 11.1 million travelled with Ryanair over February, up 5% on last year.

2024-03-04T10:21:38+0000

While full-year earnings topped market forecasts at £6.2bln, estimates had been £5.1bln for the year, fourth quarter also beat at £1.26bln.

2024-02-16T11:36:01+0000

BoE's unexpected hawkish stance delays rate cut hopes, pressuring the FTSE amid revised lower unemployment rates and sustained inflation forecasts.

2024-02-06T04:08:36+0000

A trading update for the most recent period, taking into account the end of the year, has seen clothing giant Next's shares burst through to a record high.

2024-01-04T09:53:39+0000

Sticky inflation and high borrowing costs have forced many companies to cut back on expenditure and Oracle says this is impacting demand for its cloud offerings.

2023-12-12T10:34:47+0000

In the US, the focus is on non-farm payrolls for the month of November, due at 1.30pm today.

2023-12-08T08:52:25+0000