Friday Email: 27 March 2015

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

We finally saw the FTSE 100 breach the 7000 barrier and it looked like it was going to kick on until Wednesday saw the Dow plunge 290 points to spark a sell off on global markets throughout Thursday.

The past week saw some solid dividend increases from AG Barr (10%) and Wolseley (10%). GVC Holdings increased by 12% in Euro terms and S&U, which would be a candidate for inclusion in our latest research on the reporting season just past, increased by 25%. However, the star of the show was Bellway, who we highlighted to members on the 21st January as the strongest dividend performer in the housing and construction sector over the past decade. They did not disappoint as they increased their 2015 interim dividend by 56.3%.

The week ahead is very quiet from a reporting perspective with high yielding Chesnara reporting and also retail giant Kingfisher.

This email was originally sent on Friday 27 March 2015

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