The AIC Financial Blog

Two of the world’s biggest cruise ship  companies have seen their share prices rocket  in recent days as investors speculating on  which operators will survive the downturn  threw rescue lines to both. On Friday (20 March) shares in Carnival, the  biggest US cruise...

On Monday (3 February) the Chinese stock market saw its biggest fall in four years as it reopened after the Lunar New Year Holiday. The Shanghai Composite Index fell around 8%, despite the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) attempt to mitigate the impact of the...

After gaining over 100% in the last year, shares in technology giant Apple added another 3% in after-hours trading on Tuesday (28 January) after it reported better than expected fourth quarter sales. In a reversal of recent fortunes where iPhone sales have slipped,...

Streaming giant Netflix ended 2019 on a strong note with increased subscribers and revenue, but acknowledged it’s feeling the squeeze from rival streaming services run by Apple and Disney. The fourth quarter results included a 31% increase in revenue year-on-year,...

The news that a new form of coronavirus had been identified in the major Chinese city of Wuhan was enough to send Asian stock markets into retreat on Monday (20 January) while in Europe, luxury-goods makers with Chinese order books also took a hit. Despite the start...

UK supermarkets experienced the worst Christmas period since 2015 as sales growth amongst the leading discount chains Lidl and Aldi failed to offset falling sales among the top four supermarkets. The ‘big four’– Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Asda – all suffered...