Sep
5
2011
This Is No Party For UK Retailers
Author: adminThe UK continues its struggle to recover from its recent recession. Rising inflation and falling fundamental economic figures have left those investors share trading on the edge of their seats.
UK companies have released more profit warnings in the first six months of 2011 than they did throughout the whole of 2010, with the number also being twice as many seen as in 2009 according to Ernst & Young. Companies offer profit warnings in order to prepare investors before forthcoming unavoidable bad news in their quarterly trading update so as to protect against their share price plummeting once the said bad news hits the media.
When share prices plummet an increase in volatility trading is seen.
One of the latest companies to offer such a warning was flooring retailer Topps Tiles who last month reported a decline of 1.9% in like-for-like sales in its third quarter. The company warned that its trading environment had deteriorated further and that like-for-like sales in the first seven weeks of the fourth quarter were down 10.4%.
The near future looks pretty uncertain too.
A recent consumer confidence survey by the Nationwide Building society reported another drop, this time two points from June to July to 49. The survey consists of a number of indexes and while there was no change in the present situation index (23) the future-looking expectations index fell from 70 points in June to 67 points in July.
{When CFD trading shares or indices it’s always a good idea to take a balanced view of the current situation of any economy.Whether you are trading shares or indices, spread betting or CFD trading it’s always wise to take a considered opinion on the health of country’s economy.} This is likely to include isolating its major GDP contributing sectors – retail, manufacturing, financial services etc. – and looking at its recent past and present performance and also its future prospects.