Mærsk et al: so much silver lining you can barely see the clouds
Between April showers and spring sunshine
At a time when the management of AP Møller-Maersk (APMM) is pulling out all the stops in public to boast about its brand new value proposition – and, indirectly, to prop up the value of its shares, which are currently being repurchased to adjust the capital structure and artificially inflate earnings per share – Hapag-Lloyd is enjoining its best run ever on the stock exchange.
Up or down from here, then, for the German tiger of container shipping?
Choppy waters
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