Back in November I admitted that I still liked holding shares in insurance company Aviva (AV.) HERE. Today’s full year results may include a fall in profitability (thanks to the price-competitive world of life insurance), but…
I am trying to remember when I last went to a Hotel Chocolat (HOTC) store. I certainly bought a few Christmas presents in late 2019...and a couple of bargains in early 2020. Anyhow, whilst historically liking the products, I did pass on its 355p money raising in July last year…and that was a mistake given the share price has been at/above 500p for the last four months. So how do I feel after today’s trading update for the ‘13-week period ("Q2") and the 26-week period ("H1") ended 26 December 2021’?
A bit of excitement for commodity stocks (again!) and even the pound this morning, but otherwise a quiet Monday morning start for the UK markets. A couple of share price winners I notice are Hotel Chocolat (HOTC) and Greggs (GRG), where if you have been holding either stock over the last year...then you have done rather well. Let’s start with Hotel Chocolat.
