Trump Trump’s preference of waiting till post 2020 Election means he runs the risk of more farmers going bankrupt and alienating his core voters.
Trump What has Trump completed - trade spats ongoing, North Korea, Turkey, Nirthern Syria?
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Hong Kong The Times reports Hong Kong retail sales adversely affected by demonstrations; yet B reported its trading update in November and guided the market on current trading. The market seems to be panicking again - how many have we seen City preempting bad news for B but shown to be wrong?
Trump We have USA opposing a tariff on French luxury goods due to WTO Airbus ruling on subsidies and French Internet tax. The message from US is , it’s ok for US to protect its businesses but not for other countries. As for Airbus , US could be facing a similar fallout around the time of Presidential Election. What has Trump achieved with his tantrums?
Buyback Burberry SP down 4% yet banks down approx 1.5%- which sector is more defensive?
Buyback Buybacks- fewer shares, increase in EPS/DPS yet market doesn’t seem to consider such things; more likely to follow Trump’s tweets, trade war comments, Brexit. Time for buybacks to stop and either buy value creating assets or increase dividend.
9 months data The Prophets of Doom that predicted a fall in luxury sales, on 9 month data, are shown to be wrong.
Goldman Sachs Riverton Roll – 27 Nov 19 Goldman Sachs Group Boosts Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) Price Target to GBX 2,200 Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) had its target price upped by analysts at Goldman Sachs Group from GBX 2,177 ($28.45) to GBX 2,200 ($28.75) in a report issued on Wednesday, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral†rating on the... Market not interested - seems more focused on downgrades - eg Johnson Matthey.
B buyback shows? The buybacks shows to me a company that sees the market is not valuing the business fairly. However, it also shows a company unwilling to expand through m&a and set on keeping to it’s own knitting. How can B compete in terms of buying power against the big boys?
How will B fund M&A after yrs of buybacks? Debt or rights issue?
B buyback or sale? Time to bypass stockmarket - put the business up for ssle
Leeds site update End of year approaches - has the Leeds site been sold yet?
B buyback or sale? More RNS confirming buybacks yet have the buybacks done anything for shareholders in terms of share price?
Burberry It seems B is happy to stay as it is while LVMH gets bigger and gains buying power through M&A. Over time it either becomes a target for the big boys or loses ground to them. Surely B needs to merge with similar businesses or put itself up for sale. The status quo could mean shareholders miss out on securing a top price.