Last month we published our season Santa Rally report, highlighting stocks which have a habit of doing well early November thorough year-end. No guarantees, but a statistical tendency that can help you make profitable trading/investment decisions. So how have are we doing? Firstly the US indices have kept up their strong record with gains of…
This week’s UK 100 movers aren’t as spicy as last week, up or down just 7%, but still very respectable for UK blue-chips. Until you compare them to the where one member rallied 50%, three put on 10-15% and six fell by 10-15%. Equities doing nothing you say? Hardly! Mediclinic rebounded after being one of…
Next week holds a big day for one man in America. Jay Powell, a current Fed Governor, will go through a gruelling job interview that could see him become the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. But why would this affect someone who trades the UK 100 ? It all comes down to the US…
The financial media’s job is to make us read (and absorb advertising). So it makes sense that their focus is on the exciting share price moves. However, this often means that we aren’t made aware of what is really driving equity indices, like the UK Index , higher or lower. The UK Index is up…
Once every six months, the Chancellor’s Budget and Statement have the potential to move shares in the UK remarkably. Having reversed the timing for each of these events, this will be the first Autumn Budget since 1996. There are many sectors of the UK economy that can be affected by the Budget. In recent years,…
Some of the biggest winners and losers on the UK Index this week can be derived from UK Prime Minister Theresa May and the Conservative Party Conference. Nothing to do with the P45 prank or uncontrollable coughing, rather her party pledge to help fight for consumers on two fronts: energy prices and the housing market….