A few more recent media appearances...

First, on Thursday (6th April), I appeared on the VoxMarkets podcast (which you can listen to here) and talked about...

Unilever #ULVR Barclays #BARC & Lloyds #LLOY

Meanwhile today (7th April) I talked on Share Radio about recent market trends including the impact on the oil price following the bombing of a specific target in Syria by the Americans.  You can listen to my thoughts here

Finally I got quoted here by MarketWatch opining about the Russian ruble's response to the aforementioned diplomatic/military incident.

Recent Share Radio appearances talking about individual stocks...and so much more

You can listen to me on Share Radio earlier today here talking about UK housebuilders, oil services and the industrial tool hire sector.

Additionally you can listen to me earlier in the week here talking about...

Online fashion retailer Asos records a rise in half-year profits and sales, helped by a strong international performance, The FTSE 100 makes good gains even after a tough session for supermarkets, sales in Topps Tiles fall 4% during the first quarter of 2017 and much more. Simon is joined by Chris Bailey, the founder of Financial Orbit.

AND

Shares in UK chip designer Imagination Technologies end down more than 63% after Apple says it would end a deal to use its products, energy giant Ineos is acquiring the Forties Pipeline System in the North Sea from BP for $250m, luxury fashion label Burberry agrees to license its fragrances and cosmetics business to one of the world's leading beauty companies and much more. Simon Rose is joined by Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit - the investment research consultancy.

Talking on Share Radio about Article 50 and UK corporate names

You can listen to me on Share Radio in a wide-ranging conversation around Article50, political pragmatism, economic theory, the British Pound and Ryanair here.  

Theresa May will trigger Article 50 later. There'll be much scrutinising of the text of hints about where the coming negotiations are going, both in Brussels and London. The tone and the contents will form the basis for the EU's response. Joining Nigel Cassidy is Chris Bailey, Founder of Financial Orbit.

You can also listen here to me talking about today's UK corporate results and how to interpret them. 

The merger between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse has been vetoed by the European Commission - so what's next? Plus Johnston Press's reports a £300 million loss and Flybe announces a profit warning. Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to cover the day's biggest company stories.

Share Radio appearance talking about UK stocks

You can listen to me on Share Radio talking about some UK stocks that are in the news today here 

Premier Oil shares were up more than 14% today - but it's only some relief for investors as the pain of previous deals are still reflected in the price. Plus FTSE 100 drugmaker Hikma sees shares rise on good results and Unilever boss Paul Polman calls for changes to takeover rules following Kraft's approach earlier this year. For these and all the day's need-to-know company news Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher.

Musings on the UK budget and corporate earnings trends

A few print and audio media recent appearances...

First, my latest Yahoo Finance column titled:

The really big message from the UK Budget (that people are not talking about)

You can read this here. 

Next up I appeared on Share Radio musing about Europe and macroeconomics: 

British citizens should be able to keep various benefits of EU membership including freedom of movement after Brexit, the European parliament’s chief negotiator has said. Guy Verhofstadt said Britons could be allowed to keep certain rights if they applied for them on an individual basis. “All British citizens today have also EU citizenship. That means a number of things: the possibility to participate in the European elections, the freedom of travel without problem inside the union". Joining Nigel Cassidy is Chris Bailey, Founder of financial orbit to discuss today's top finance news.

You can listen to this here. 

Finally I appeared on the Vox Markets podcast: 

You can listen here. 

A couple of recent media links

A couple of recent media links...

As usual I appeared on Share Radio on Tuesday evening to talk about stocks.  You can listen here:

Share Radio's Juliette Foster brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help rattle through the day's events, Juliette was joined by Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit - the investment research consultancy. They discussed: Takeaway website Just Eat beating profit expectations, Sports Direct faces a 40% increase in the cost of supplying goods to European stores, Paddy Power Betfair insists it's seeing the benefits of its merger despite taking a multi-million-pound hit to its profits & much more.

Meanwhile in the latest edition of the UK Investor magazine... 

Read Chris Bailey of Financial Orbit on the UK banks...and which one to buy (and which would to avoid (link here)

Appearing on Share Radio...more than once on Wednesday

I appeared on Share Radio twice today (plus once yesterday in my normal slot in the studio at 5.30pm).  First…

What is Trump’s plan of action? Chris Bailey looks back at the President’s first Congress speech

Share Radio Breakfast on Today 01 Mar 2017 (listen here). 

Donald Trump's given his first address to a joint session of Congress, where he set out in greater detail his plans to cut spending and boost the economy. So what is Trump's plan of action? Chris Bailey, Founder of Financial Orbit, joined Nigel Cassidy on Share Radio Breakfast to discuss this and more.

And second…

Snap could be valued over $20bn, ITV's mixed results and more

Share Radio Afternoon (listen here)

The much-awaited valuation of Snap, messaging service Snapchat's parent company, is imminent - what could the final number look like? Plus ITV's mixed results, the BHS pensions settlement and the wash-up from the LSE and Deutsche Boerse merger. For the day's biggest company stories, founder of Financial Orbit Chris Bailey joined Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher.

A few more recent media appearances and related articles

A few more recent media appearances and related articles...

First a couple of appearances on Share Radio to mention, one on Tuesday:

As always on a Tuesday you can listen to me at this link talking about stocks on Share Radio.

Yesterday the discussion included observations on the following plus many others: 

HSBC's shares plummet after the bank announces a fall in annual profits, Government finances record a £9.4bn surplus in January, £0.3bn higher than the same month last year and the highest January surplus for 17 years, Yahoo agrees to a $350m cut on its original $4.8bn sale of its core-business to Verizon and more.

And then one today (Wednesday) here where I comment on (among other matters): 

Lloyds 'did everything right': biggest profit since fin crisis & Hotel Chocolat in retail nirvana

Meanwhile in the latest edition of the UK Investor magazine... 

Read why apparently I think i am Tony Hadley / suffering some form of mid-life crisis here

Listen to me talking about global equity news and opportunities

Listen to me talking about global equity news and opportunities here. 

"Life insurer Prudential PLC is bidding for a slice of the £12.5bn of Bradford & Bingley mortgages being sold by the government, Nex has just released its Q3 statement announcing that Trump effect boosted revenues by 11%, and Qinetiq's revenues are ‘steady’ as it looks to end a 5 years of decline. Chris Bailey, Founder of Financial Orbit, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to look at these and other important company news"

Listen to me talking about global equity news and opportunities

Listen to me talking about global equity news and opportunities here. 

'Despite positive figures, why are profits not going up at Apple? Plus management shuffles at the top for TalkTalk, Wizz Air profits double but share price still falls, and gold miner Centamin gets generous with dividends. For analysis on this and more, Financial Orbit's Chris Bailey joined Share Radio’s senior analyst Ed Bowsher'

Listen to me talking about UK equity news and opportunities on Share Radio

Listen to me talking about UK equity news and opportunities here. 

'WH Smith shares were up on a good trading update with sales of funny 'spoof books' helping the stationer. Shares in Restaurant Group, the company behind chains Frankie and Benny's and Garfunkel's, were down as it reported lower like-for-like sales last year. Tesco faces new lawsuit from US Investment firm, Manning & Napier, which is suing the supermarket over an earlier accounting irregularities. And miners BHP Billiton and Antofagasta reported on good results today. Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit, joined Ed Bowsher, Share Radio's senior analyst to discuss these and more'

Financial Orbit on Share Radio talking about the European PMIs

I had the opportunity earlier this week to contribute a couple of times earlier this week to the excellent Share Radio (which you can learn much more about here - well worth a listen in my view).  

If you click the link here you can hear me talking about issues around the European PMI services numbers (before they were released!) as well as contributing to a report on the European PMI manufacturing which were out late last week. 

Thanks to @BillyBamborough and @SandraKilhof for helping to make this happen!

Financial Orbit on Share Radio...talking about Lithuania and the euro

I had the honour of speaking with Share Radio here in the UK about some of the issues around Lithuania joining the euro on 1 January 2015.

You can listen to the full interview here.  I appear in the second half of the recording.