h4. Kingspan €15.65 Last month Kingspan reported a very strong set of H1 2007 results, with adjusted earnings per share (EPS) up 32 per cent to 52.8. The numbers were ahead of expectations and reflected better than expected results from the insulation and raised access floors businesses (some of Kingspan’s main products), a lower effective [...]
h4. Make life easy Make life easy, if buying a property for letting, choose square or rectangular shaped rooms. Irregular or unusual shaped rooms make a room look smaller and cluttered. A key selling point for tenants is an en-suite and a decent sized living room is important even if the bedrooms are a bit [...]
Asset allocation is concerned with generating returns through the selection of different asset types. There are four main asset classes (cash; bonds; equities; property) and a growing band coming under the name of other (includes commodities, hedge funds, fine art). At times the decision about which asset you hold can be more important than which [...]
Hedge funds have been in existence for well over half a century, but only in recent times have they come to the fore in investment markets. For many years these investment vehicles of the very wealthy flew under the radar, but the advantages of the techniques being used, and the impressive returns they generated, could [...]
Forget the verbiage. Ignore the noise. Ryanair’s first quarter numbers do the talking; earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) was 23 per cent, net margin 20 per cent, EPS (earnings per share) growth over 20 per cent. And that is despite certain demand (eg UK APD-related weakness) and cost (airport charges, staffing) pressures. FY ‘guidance’ [...]
The topic of property is never far from Irish minds and recent developments have done nothing to reduce increasing fears and anxiety in the market. Anecdotal evidence suggests a significant decline in house prices and this contagion has spread to the Irish stock market with the ISEQ enduring a difficult year to date. With the [...]
h4. Tesco stg420p Tesco is the UK’s largest food retailer. The group has a 30 per cent share of the UK grocery market, and is rapidly expanding into the non-food market through hypermarkets and online operations. It has achieved market leadership in Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Thailand and strong positions in the Czech Republic [...]
h4. Workspace stg 416 pence Workspace’s core product offering is affordable, flexible business space in London including offices, studios, workshops and light industrial units. Over 80 per cent of the company’s customers employ less than 10 people. The London-focused portfolio leaves it well-placed to be a key beneficiary of the city’s superior growth dynamics but [...]
With some level of nervousness about property and equity markets, investors may look at some lower risk alternatives — including corporate bonds. Bonds have trad-itionally been viewed as a low-risk alternative for investors in times of increased uncertainty or volatility given their low risk profile and their typical inverse correlation with other asset classes. So [...]
Approved Retirement Funds (ARFs) were first introduced in 1999 as an alternative to buying an annuity for the self-employed and controlling directors. Initially, ARFs were to be taxed on an internal ‘net’ basis. However, this was found to be far too complex and unworkable. So the taxation system was changed in the Finance Act 2000 [...]
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