UK residents seem to enjoy a strange relationship with debts. While they cannot do with a large debt load over their shoulders, they also cannot do without incurring them for long. If a survey is to be taken out of the most rash spenders, then the Britishers are sure to rank highly. Without ever thinking about where the expenditures will be met from, people go on spending and spending. Debt management in the UK is a set of techniques and processes through which an attempt is made to give a break to the reign of debts.Debt management plays both an active as well as an advisory role in the UK. As part of the active role, the job of debt management UK will be to counter debts that have already been incurred. The techniques employed for this purpose include debt consolidation loans, debt consolidation mortgage, home equity loans, and debt consolidation through remortgage. The advisory role of debt management involves informing borrowers of ways to avoid debts. Debt counselling and credit counselling are employed to give debt sense to people.The roles may differ in terms of the period within which the benefit will become visible. While the results of debt consolidations loans are immediately visible, the impact of debt counselling will take time to come on the scene.With the pressure of creditors building up against individual, the first priority of debt management UK will be to relieve borrowers of debts. The process of settling debts is known as debt consolidation. It derives name from a sub-process that involves consolidating or clustering debts. From this stage onwards, it is the loan provider who assumes responsibilities of eliminating debts. Borrowers may or may not exercise this benefit since it is optional. However, given the relative inexperience of borrowers, it will be advisable to allow debt consolidation loan provider to settle debts.Debt management agencies have gained expertise in debt elimination through years of work in the field. When debts become unmanageable, borrowers are left with not much scope but to surrender to debt consolidation loans. On the other hand, there are borrowers who are confused about how debt consolidation loans will help when it is just another debt. The essence of debt management lies in the timing. The debts that are increasing your stress levels would demand immediate payment. Conversely, debt consolidation loan needs to be repaid over a period of 5 to 25 years. This means that the borrower has sufficient time to plan repayment.Loan provider’s participation in the debt consolidation process is limited to debt consolidation loans. Other debt management techniques, namely debt consolidation mortgages and home equity loans, may not include this facility. Consequently, expert advice and guidance for free is the chief attraction of debt consolidation loans. Borrowers however will make their choice of debt consolidation technique after considering many other factors.Cost of debt management technique will be given prominence during search. Debt consolidation mortgage, which is second mortgage, allows debt management at the rates of mortgage. Debt consolidation loans too garner funds at cheaper rates if the borrower agrees to serve some collateral. Since there is very little risk to cover in secured debt consolidation loan, these carry very low rates of interests.Debt consolidation loan and debt consolidation mortgage do not guarantee a life-long riddance from debts. They can at the best rid borrowers of debts at a particular point of time. For a life-long freedom from debts, the advisory role of debt management will be of immense help. Debt counselling is not merely informing borrowers of certain debt management tips. Debt management tips must be supported with sufficient examples. The manner in which borrower is counselled will have sufficient impact on the advice intake of borrowers. The counsellor must try to be as practical as possible. Debt counselling involves helping borrowers in implementing debt management tips and rescuing them from dead ends.Debt management, as is clearly visible has a very wide scope. However, a very thin line demarcates benefits of debt management from its drawbacks. One wrong step on debt management, and the very benefits that one boasted of can turn into drawbacks. Consequently, borrowers need to keep their eyes open, particularly on the debt elimination techniques like debt consolidation loans. Debt counselling too need not be taken lightly, since they also can backfire at times when incorrect tips are implemented.
S&P 500 Biotech Giant Vertex Leads 5 Stocks Showing Strength
Your stocks to watch for the week ahead are Cheniere Energy (LNG), S&P 500 biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Steel Dynamics (STLD) and Genuine Parts (GPC).
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While the market remains in correction, with analysts and investors wary of an economic downturn, these five stocks are worth adding to watchlists. S&P 500 medical giants Vertex and Cardinal Health have been holding up, as health-care related plays tend to do well in down markets.
Steel Dynamics and Genuine Parts are both coming off strong earnings as both the steel and auto parts industries report optimistic outlooks. Meanwhile, Cheniere Energy saw sales boom in the second quarter as demand in Europe for natural gas continues to grow.
Major indexes have been making rally attempts with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 testing weekly support on Friday. With market uncertainty, investors should be ready for follow-through day breakouts and keep an eye on these stocks.
Cheniere Energy, Cardinal Health and VRTX stock are all on IBD Leaderboard.
Cheniere Energy Stock
LNG shares rose 1.1% to 175.79 during Friday’s market trading. On the week, the stock advanced 3.1%, not from highs, bouncing from its 21-day and 10-week lines earlier in the week.
Cheniere Energy has been consolidating since mid-September, but needs another week to forge a proper base, with a potential 182.72 buy point formed on Aug. 10.
Houston-based Cheniere Energy was IBD Stock Of The Day on Thursday, as the largest U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas eyes strong demand in Europe.
Even though natural gas prices are plunging in the U.S. and Europe, investors still see strong LNG demand for Cheniere and others.
The U.K. government confirmed last week that it is in talks for an LNG purchase agreement with a number of companies, including Cheniere.
In the first half of 2021, less than 40% of Cheniere’s cargoes of LNG landed in Europe. That jumped to more than 70% through this year’s second quarter, even as the company ramped up new export capacity. The urgency of Europe’s natural gas shortage only intensified last month. That is when an explosion disabled the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia that had once supplied 40% of the European Union’s natural gas.
In Q2, sales increased 165% to $8 billion and LNG earned $2.90 per share, up from a net loss of $1.30 per share in Q2 2021. The company will report Q3 earnings Nov. 3, with investors seeing booming profits for the next few quarters.
Cheniere Energy has a Composite Rating of 84. It has a 98 Relative Strength Rating, an exclusive IBD Stock Checkup gauge for share price movement with a 1 to 99 score. The rating shows how a stock’s performance over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in IBD’s database. The EPS rating is 41.
Vertex Stock
VRTX stock jumped 3.4% to 300 on Friday, rebounding from a test of its 50-day moving average. Shares climbed 2.2% for the week. Vertex stock has formed a tight flat base with an official buy point of 306.05, according to MarketSmith analysis.
The stock has remained consistent over recent weeks, while the relative strength line has trended higher. The RS line tracks a stock’s performance vs. the S&P 500 index.
Vertex Q3 earnings are on due Oct. 27. Analysts see EPS edging up 1% to $3.61 per share with sales increasing 16% to $2.2 billion, according to FactSet.
The Boston-based global biotech company dominates the cystic fibrosis treatment market. Vertex also has other products in late-stage clinical development that target sickle cell disease, Type 1 diabetes and certain genetically caused kidney diseases. That includes a gene-editing partnership with Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP).
In early August, Vertex reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised full-year sales targets.
S&P 500 stock Vertex ranks second in the Medical-Biomed/Biotech industry group. VRTX has a 99 Composite Rating. Its Relative Strength Rating is 94 and its EPS Rating is 99.
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Cardinal Health Stock
CAH stock advanced 3.2% to 73.03 Friday, clearing a 71.22 buy point from a shallow cup-with-handle base and hitting a record high. But volume was light on the breakout. CAH stock leapt 7.3% for the week.
Cardinal Health stock’s relative strength line has also been trending up for months.
The cup-with-handle base is part of a base-on-base pattern, forming just above a cup base cleared on Aug. 11.
Cardinal Health, based in Dublin, Ohio, offers a wide assortment of health care services and medical supplies to hospitals, labs, pharmacies and long-term care facilities. The company reports that it serves around 90% of hospitals and 60,000 pharmacies in the U.S.
S&P 500 stock Cardinal Health will report Q1 2023 earnings on Nov. 4. Analysts forecast earnings falling 26% to 96 cents per share. Sales are expected to increase 10% to $48.3 billion, according to FactSet.
Cardinal Health stock ranks first in the Medical-Wholesale Drug/Supplies industry group, ahead of McKesson (MCK), which is also showing positive action. CAH stock has a 94 Composite Rating out of 99. It has a 97 Relative Strength Rating and an EPS rating of 73.
Steel Dynamics Stock
STLD shares shot up 8.5% to 92.92 on Friday and soared 19% on the week, coming off a Steel Dynamics earnings beat Wednesday night.
Shares blasted above an 88.72 consolidation buy point Friday after clearing a trendline Thursday. STLD stock is 17% above its 50-day line, definitely extended from that key average.
Steel Dynamics’ latest consolidation could be seen as part of a larger base going back six months.
Steel Dynamics topped Q3 earnings views with EPS rising 10% to $5.46 while revenue grew 11% to $5.65 billion. The steel producer’s outlook is optimistic despite weaker flat rolled steel pricing. STLD reports its order activity and backlogs remain solid.
The Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company is among the largest producers of carbon steel products in the U.S. It engages in metal recycling operations along with steel fabrication and produces myriad steel products.
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STLD stock ranks first in the Steel-Producers industry group. STLD stock has a 96 Composite Rating out of 99. It has a 90 Relative Strength Rating, an exclusive IBD Stock Checkup gauge for share-price movement that tops at 99. The rating shows how a stock’s performance over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in IBD’s database. The EPS rating is 98.
Genuine Parts Stock
GPC stock gained 2.8% to 162.35 Friday after the company topped earnings views with its Q3 results on Thursday. For the week GPC advanced 5.1% as the stock held its 50-day line and is in a flat base.
GPC has an official 165.09 flat-base buy point after a three-week rally, according to MarketSmith analysis.
The relative strength line for Genuine Parts stock has rallied sharply to highs over the past several months.
On Thursday, the Atlanta-based auto parts company raised its full-year guidance on growth across its automotive and industrial sales.
Genuine Parts earnings per share advanced 19% to $2.23 and revenue grew 18% to $5.675 billion in Q3. GPC’s full-year guidance is now calling for EPS of $8.05-$8.15, up from $7.80-$7.95. The company now forecasts revenue growth of 15%-16%, up from the earlier 12%-14%.
During the Covid pandemic, supply chain constraints caused a major upheaval in the auto industry, sending prices for new and used cars to record levels. This has made consumers more likely to hang on to their existing vehicles for longer, driving mileage higher and boosting demand for auto replacement parts.
Fellow auto stocks O’Reilly Auto Parts (ORLY) and AutoZone (AZO) have also rallied near buy points amid the struggling market. O’Reilly reports on Oct. 26.
IBD ranks Genuine Parts first in the Retail/Wholesale-Auto Parts industry group. GPC stock has a 96 Composite Rating. Its Relative Strength Rating is 94 and it has an EPS Rating of 89.
Looking Good – Ladies Golf Clothes
In regards to most sports, looking good while playing the game does not have a great amount of importance attached to it, as most require a uniform. Golf is the exception. Ladies golf clothes have come such a long way over the past several years and because of this we now have the option to be very stylish on the course. I’ve certainly seen ladies on the golf course in outfits that I would enjoy wearing out to a casual dinner and feel pretty good about how I looked.In an article written by Julie Burton called Raising The Bar – Ladies Golf Apparel, she writes “Ladies golf apparel makes a statement that sums up your personality and your confidence.” I think this is very true. When I feel good in my golf clothes, I feel better about being out there on the course and my confidence is higher. Conversely, if the outfit I have chosen is frumpy and dull, I just don’t feel good about myself and therefore lower self esteem and confidence.Although the selection of ladies golf clothes in stores and pro shops is still often meager compared to the men’s selection, it’s getting better every day. However, I’ve found that the best source for finding ladies golf clothes by shopping online. You can find a vast array of ladies golf clothes, and shop for good prices as well. If you type in “ladies golf clothes” or “ladies golf apparel” in whatever search engine you are using, you’ll get numerous results. Findings that will give you a huge assortment of ladies golf clothes from high end to more moderately priced fashions. Another plus is that most of these sites (even the high end ones) will have a section on specials and sale priced items they are running.Manufacturers of ladies golf clothes have done a good job of combining comfort and style. Breathable, moisture wicking fabrics are quick to dry and are incorporated in many styles of ladies golf apparel. These flexible fabrics make it easier to swing the club and pull the moisture away from the skin keeping us dry and comfortable.Versatility is key. From long pants to capris, shorts and the ever popular golf skort we’ve got much to choose from. The fun and unique details applied to ladies golf apparel on the golf shirts of today make them a far cry from the old-fashioned blouses of former times. I also love the colors, from bold to pastels, stripes, plaids, and a continuous variety of prints.In short, my suggestion to you is if you cannot find what you are looking for in retail stores and pro shops check out what’s online. The possibilities are endless.So ladies…let’s go shopping!