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Wazzup – 20th Sept 2017

Slow start to the new fiscal year for FEDEX (fdx) and DIAGEO (dge_l). Fedex Q1 disappoints on cyber-attacks and hurricane headwinds, while Diageo blames a late Chinese New year and US spirits investment for a weak start to its FY18. Management innocent on all counts, of course ;-) Fedex – Q1 FY18: […]

Apple (aapl) – where to now?

It’s difficult to get overly excited with the shares. Having briefly rallied after the better than expected Q3 results, the long awaited new product launches do little to resolve the big question and the shares are back below their relative market level when I closed the GrowthRater long position back on 13 May, for a 29% […]

Interpublic Q2 disappoints – the canary in the coal mine?

From the -100bps drop in margins as organic sales growth slowed to only +0.4% for its Q2, IPG clearly didn’t see it coming, particularly following the solid performance in Q1 and the easier prior year comparatives it was cycling against for Q2. This lack of visibility and the uncertain impact of Fed monetary tightening on […]

Wazzup today in the markets – 17th May 2017

UBM (ubm_l) – AGM trading update: Spartan disclosure, but solid value proposition .Tarsus (trs_l) – IMS: Forward bookings for FY17 +9% (lfl) – too good to be true? […]

Closing long position on Apple Inc (aapl) for a +29% gain (+105% annualised)

I am closing my long position on Apple (aapl) I established back in February at $121.4 ps. With the shares closing at $156.1 on Friday, that’s a gain of approx +29% over the 100 days held; an annualised return of 105%. GrowthRater porfolio – recent closed positions WHY? Trade the story, rather than […]

Wazzup today in the markets – 10th May 2017

ITV (itv_l) – Q FY17 IMS: Mid-year 2017 inflection point or just wishful thinking ahead of Brexit negotiations? . Wolters Kluwer (wkl_as) – Q1 FY17 IMS: No fireworks, but a >5% OpFCF yield = a NIRP bolt-hole Compass Group (cpg_l) – H1 FY17 results: Solid value & improving momentum . Muted start to […]

Wazzup? – today in the markets 27th April 2017

Televisa (tv) – Q1 FY17 results: Still happy to stand back and let the price come back to me . WPP (wpp_l) – Q1 FY17 IMS (sales): Muted start to the year from US & China AMAZON.COM (amzn) – Q1 FY17 results: Q1 FY17: Markets chasing growth, albeit perhaps under-estimating […]

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