Since the 1st of Jan the UK 100 is up 900 points, from lows of 6,500 to current highs of 7400. In one of the best starts to the year for a decade…Brexit? What Brexit?! 47% of UK 100 members have risen in excess of 10%. One sector which has had a stellar first quarter: Mining. All…
The UK 100 index has bounced off the floor of its 3-month up-channel. This comes thanks to fresh GBP weakness, driven by uncertainty about Brexit. If the PM fails to push her deal through Parliament, to delay Brexit until May, and another round of indicative votes on Monday fail to deliver a Commons consensus, the…
I have sat with many a client over the years, mostly discussing charts. I try and boost their confidence in reading share price activity for trading signals. Are the shares going higher, or are they headed lower? What they always want to know is how to draw trend-lines. Because everyone wants to profit from the next…
Whether watching TV or browsing the web/social media you can’t avoid the latest Brexit headlines. This has seen many retail investors shy away from the markets. But at what cost? How to you plan to bank any profits? Every day I hear, “it’s all so uncertain” or “I’ll wait and see what happens”. My first thought…
The UK 100 index has pulled all the way back to the floor of its post-Christmas rising channel. This comes on the back of GBP strength, driven by poor macro data from the US and Eurzone which hurt their respective currencies. A Brexit delay has also given Sterling a boost, pulling the UK Index ‘s…
Ocado shares are top the UK 100 this week, up 10.9% after a reassuring trading update. As a result, this takes its 2019 rally to 56%. This easily outperforms both the UK 100 (+8.3%) and its little brother, the (+3.8%). In fact, it’s second only to Dunelm (+62.8%) on the . Its 39% bounce from late-February lows…