Kevin Smith

Amazon in steamroller mode

Exactly three years ago, when Amazon published its third-quarter results for fiscal year 2022, the term "artificial intelligence" was not mentioned once in its press release.

November 03, 2025 at 05:31 am

Shell shows surprising resilience

Shell's CEO clearly likes to play the contrarian card.

November 03, 2025 at 03:14 am

Another blockbuster year for Apple

The Cupertino-based company continues to deserve all the superlatives that usually characterize descriptions of it.

October 31, 2025 at 07:13 am

Mercedes-Benz's 9-month profit halved

Like its compatriots BMW and Volkswagen, the German car maker, which published its Q3 results this week, is facing a long dry spell with no oasis in sight.

October 31, 2025 at 02:54 am

Nokia: This time it's different

Earlier this week, Nvidia announced a $1bn investment in the Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer. The news reallly boosted the stock price, which otherwise would have remained stuck in a lamentable rut.

October 30, 2025 at 06:59 am

BNP still suffering from a severe stockmarket discount

It would be an understatement to say that France's leading bank-and Europe's second-largest-has not been getting good press lately, especially abroad.

October 30, 2025 at 05:43 am

Amundi still waiting in the wings

The European leader in asset management published its results for the first nine months of the year yesterday.

October 29, 2025 at 06:27 am

Keurig Dr Pepper is playing with fire

The beverage group, which owns the Dr Pepper, 7UP, Canada Dry, A&W, Snapple, and Green Mountain brands, amongst others, published its 9m results yesterday.

October 28, 2025 at 04:48 am

Have we reached the peak of a new speculative bubble?

There is broad consensus on this view. It is indeed true that valuations are generally high, particularly amongst large caps, and even more so for technology players buoyed by the AI craze; and that the public's speculative appetite for assets of "dubious" quality - meme stocks, cryptocurrencies, etc. - remains at fever pitch.

October 27, 2025 at 09:53 am

Saab now stratospheric

The Swedish defense group's share price has skyrocketed.

October 24, 2025 at 09:50 am

Philip Morris remains one step ahead

A year and a half ago, the cigarette manufacturer broke with a long decade of stock market stagnation.

October 24, 2025 at 06:22 am

Strong results for UniCredit

The Italian banking group, which yesterday published its Q3 results, has also recorded the best nine-month period in its history.

October 23, 2025 at 09:36 am

Chubb's results again impress

The theme of the moment is records. The major American insurer, which published its Q3 results yesterday, posted record operating profits thanks to strong performance in both property and casualty and life insurance.

October 23, 2025 at 05:44 am

The trillion-dollar question at Tesla

The beginnings of a rebellion by Tesla shareholders against the spectacular compensation package requested by Elon Musk did not prevent the stock from reaching a new market high.

October 21, 2025 at 06:27 am

ASML retains investor support despite uncertainties

It's difficult to know how to interpret ASML's nine-month results.

October 20, 2025 at 06:12 am

BNP Paribas again in the midst of legal turmoil in the US?

BNP Paribas shares fell 7.5% to EUR69 on the Paris Stock Exchange on Monday morning, probably after being caught up in the verdict of a US court concerning its involvement in the genocide in Sudan. This case could have a ripple effect, even though the bank believes it has strong arguments to appeal against this.

October 20, 2025 at 05:47 am

Tomra Systems disappoints investors

Understandably, the market capitalization of the European leader in circular economy technologies has taken a hit.

October 20, 2025 at 04:51 am

A glimmer of hope in the US road transport sector

J.B. Hunt, the country's third-largest trucking company in terms of truck count and fourth-largest in terms of revenue, saw its stock price soar today.

October 17, 2025 at 10:01 am

Boston Beer at a crossroads

Like the wine industry, has the beer sector definitively entered a phase of structural decline?

October 17, 2025 at 09:53 am

ASML retains investor support despite uncertainties

It is difficult to know what to make of the group's 9m results.

October 16, 2025 at 10:38 am

Who will stop BlackRock?

Indeed, it won't be the third quarter of the year, which saw the New York-based giant's assets under management reach a record $13.463 trillion.

October 16, 2025 at 04:44 am