After another 280 point weekly fall, the UK 100 now sits around 500 points from its September rebound peak. In fact, we are almost 800 points away from Summer highs and only 18 out of 100 UK Index contributors are positive for the week. Higher gold prices have obviously helped the safe-haven metals Miners (Randgold, Fresnillo, etc), but,…
Global equities got a shake up this week (overdue?) on concerns about rising bond yields, higher interest rates, slower growth and trade wars. This ushered US equities from their highs and dragged peer indices down with them. However not all UK shares had a tough week. In fact, some of the high beta names –…
Glance at the big market board this past Thursday morning and you would be greeted by a whole sea of red, as the global sell-off sent UK Index stocks lower en masse. But, curiously, a few big names proved resilient to the turbulence. What makes some names move higher when the markets collapse? One key…
UK 100 has fallen 200 points from Wednesday’s highs to trade 7330, and sit 220pts from last week’s September rebound peak. As it stand, we have only 10 names in the green for the week. A tough one to say the least. Rising bond yields may have helped the Banks (LLOY, BARC, etc) but they have provided competition…
We’re fast approaching the next round of quarterly reporting, which kicks off next week with the major US Banks like Citigroup JPMorgan get their latest report cards. Historically these have been a pre-cursor to the retail investor’s favourite – the UK listed banks, the likes of Lloyds (20% from 2018 highs), Barclays (21% from 2018 highs), RBS…
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