It’s fair to say the UK’s UK 100 has essentially brushed aside the Brexit fears that gripped it on the day the UK voted to leave. However it’s been driven back up by the big defensive stocks and some multinationals which have enjoyed FX translation benefits since they conduct a lot of their business in…
Back here again, already? Time does fly when you’re having fun. Only two weeks since the Brexit vote, major US companies are already lined up to report their latest quarterly profits and tell shareholders next week how optimistic they feel about the future. This can have a huge impact on share prices this side of…
The UK 100 is doing its best to keep the post-Brexit recovery alive in spite of the understandable uncertainty that has arisen following the referendum. But clients keep throwing the same question my way – how can the index be up if my beloved banks, financials, miners and housebuilders are all on their arse? This…
What a week for the UK’s UK 100 , and indeed many of the major global indices. But what was the catalyst for broad based rally we’ve seen? To start off, we’re again looking at two of perhaps the most familiar market drivers, which is great for you – here have been no black swans…
Some suggest the UK Index has found a ceiling in 6280 and can’t rally any further. However, while we might currently be lacking the bullish power required to break us higher, we have rallied very sharply of late and are entitled to a pause. To flip the ‘ceiling’ argument on its head there is enough…
It’s been a choppy week in equity markets amid a return of talk about Brexit consequences. The UK 100 has traded in a great 100pt range that’s yielded some fantastic trading opportunities for our clients, who’ve been supported all the way by a crack team of traders and analysts! There’s one important issue that’s gaining traction again though: Brexit….