Navigating the Strait, Goodwin and annuities: The Companies and Markets Show
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The episode discusses the implications of the US-Israeli war on global markets, focusing on energy prices, the impact on Goodwin, and the attractiveness of annuities for retirees.
It’s been another seesaw week as the world weighs up the chances of an end, or at least a cessation, to hostilities in the US-Israeli war with Iran. President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory tone, but in this case, a U-turn is not in his gift alone and with Iran talking tough, the optimism of earlier in the week has started to ebb as we record today’s show. The episode starts by looking in more detail at some of the implications of the continued pressure on the Strait of Hormuz, the key global shipping route that has in effect been put out of action by the war. Alex Hamer is here to discuss the implications for everything from energy (and UK energy policy) and fertiliser to helium. The broad conclusion is of course that prices are going up, but we dig into the detail during the show. We move on to look at one early victim of the uncertainty in the shape of UK engineer and private investor favourite Goodwin (GDWN) , whose shares halved this week on a disappointing trading update. Alex Newman will consider the extent to which some of these problems were of its own making – or at least down to poor communications. Finally, amid all the uncertainty – and rising bond yields…
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