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Reducing consumer friction may be an obvious trend. But it ranges from the quite literal elimination of steps taken on a website to making a variety of everyday tasks easier for the consumer.

Key Points

• Carnival shares are selling off at Monday’s market open; the decline follows the company’s release of its second quarter 2023 earnings results. 
• A seemingly significant disconnect

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• Houston-based utility NRG Energy surged 3.94% as the company addressed concerns of activist investor Elliott Management, which acquired a $1 billion stake in NRG in May.
• The

Vodafone Group plc (LON:VOD) has agreed terms with Three UK owner, Hutchinson Group, to merge their UK telecoms businesses. The combination of Vodafone UK and Three UK will create a new entity

• We Soda, the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash, has pulled out of plans for a listing on the London Stock Exchange.
• It would have been the biggest UK listing so far in 2023.

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• Constellation Brands stock was up 6.27% over the past three months and 9.01% over the past six months.
• Analysts recently upgraded price targets or reiterated “buy” ratings.

Pennon Group plc (LON:PNN)’s full-year underlying revenue rose 4.1% to £825.0m, reflecting contract wins by Pennon Water Services and a full twelve-month contribution from Bristol Water.

• FTSE 100 opens lower as concerns continue over inflation and the US debt ceiling vote.
• Brent crude heads back towards $76 a barrel as uncertainty lingers.
• Asda makes a further foray into

Look ahead to FTSE 350, other companies reporting & economic events from 29 May – 2 June

• Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) set to drop out of FTSE 100
• Birmingham based engineer IMI plc (LON:IMI)

Pets at Home Group PLC (LON:PETS)’s full year revenue rose 6.6% to £1.4bn. In the core retail business, like-for-like growth was up 7.5% with revenue of £1.3bn. Sales were a record for the group

• Yesterday we heard that core inflation had risen to 6.8%, raising interest rate expectations.
• The swaps market is pricing in three or possibly four more rate rises to a peak of around 5.5% – up

Close Brothers Group plc (LON:CBG), the UK merchant banking group, has issued an update on trading in the third quarter of its financial year, covering the period from 1 February to 30 April 2023

• The International Organization of Securities Commissions which regulate financial markets unveils 18-point plan to put guardrails around crypto investing.
• Bitcoin rises as proposals propel

In his Daily Market Notes report to investors, Louis Navellier wrote:

Climbing Wall of Worry

S&P 500 climbed the wall of worry and briefly broke 4,200 this morning.

Despite the unresolved

Look ahead to FTSE 350, other companies reporting & economic events from 22-26 May

• Can the AI boom help NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) buck the chip slowdown?
• How will cost pressures

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• Canoo is crossing a major milestone and will begin production soon. 
• The company expects a 20K run rate by EOY this year, but cash reserves are dwindling. 
• Short interest is

• Early bird SIPP investors’ picks positive on global equities in the new tax year
• SIPPs are for the long term, so higher short-term volatility is less of an issue
• Equities typically provide

British American Tobacco’s (LON:BATS) CEO, Jack Bowles, is stepping down from the Board to be replaced immediately by Group Finance Director, Tadeu Marroco.

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• The Bank of England is likely to increase interest rates this week to 4.5%
• If the rate rise goes ahead on 11 May it will be the 12^th consecutive interest rate increase
• Rising rates are

• Investors set to tread water ahead of US inflation snapshot and BofE rate decision
• Discretionary spending set to be curtailed after Coronation and Eurovision blow-out with sales volumes already

Aston Martin Lagonda’s (LON:AML) revenue rose 27% to £295.9m in the first quarter. This reflected a 9% increase in volumes, driven by SUV models. This offset a 20% drop in GT/Sport models, and a 5%

Robert Lynch is the Co-founder, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Partner at Aristeia Capital. Prior to co-founding Aristeia Capital in 1997, Lynch served as a Managing Director at Centurion