Friday Email: 26 July 2013

Every Friday morning our lead analyst Mark Riding sends out his weekly run-down and upcoming events in the investor calendar, like this one:

After a very quiet three or four weeks, the corporate world has come alive as the next reporting season has kicked in. There were strong dividend increases from Dialight (22.5%) and ARM holdings with a 26% increase. PZ Cussons managed it's 40th year of consecutive dividend increases. Beazley, Croda, Provident Financial, Rolls Royce, Bodycote, Capita, CSR, Reed Elsevier and Shire all manged increases between 7 and 18%. Glaxo Smithkline, Morgan Advanced Materials, Renishaw and IG Group all managed increases between 3 and 6%. The market has continued to be bullish, but we are getting a little cautious.

This morning British Sky Broadcasting announced an 18% rise in its full year dividend. BG Group increased by 10% at the half yearly stage, Spectris by 9% and Pearson by 6.6%. Anglo American held its interim dividend at last years level.

This email was originally sent on Friday 26 July 2013

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