Friday Email: 08 December 2017

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

The FTSE 100 has had a flat week and is trading at roughly the same level as a week ago. It is very difficult to see where the market is going at the moment. The uncertainty over Brexit is certainly weighing and the US president is stirring things up on the West Bank whilst North Korea are saying that war is inevitable following recent US manoeuvres. None of this is welcomed by investors.

The past week saw good dividend increases from Victrex, who also declared a special dividend and RWS group who increased their dividend by 16.1%. Going ex-dividend this coming Thursday with yields of over 2% from the single dividend we have Marstons (4.1%), N Brown Group (2.2%), Sirius Real Estate (2.2%) and Numis with 2.1%.

The week ahead sees long time favourite Photo-me International produce their interims on Monday. Another company that we have highlighted in the past, Ashtead also reports its first half numbers on Tuesday; One of the big laggards in the 2017 model portfolio, OPG Power Ventures reports on Wednesday.

This email was originally sent on Friday 08 December 2017

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