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Sentiment Change – the market looks for a swift recovery after Trump’s new thinking on China
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 13.10.2025 Last Friday the market saw a massive sell-off as a reaction to US President Donald Trump declaring...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules challenge: Three scenarios we could see in the Autumn Budget - Daniel Casali, Chief Investment Strategist at Evelyn Partners
11.10.2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules challenge: Three scenarios we could see in the Autumn Budget Despite efforts to...
Saxo says UK Investors are most cautious
11.11.2025 Saxo, the leader in online trading and investment, earlier this week released its inaugural Investor Forecast for Q4 2025,...
The Footsie and Gold – well those did not take too long to be achieved – where to now?
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 08.10.2025 Less than a month ago, on Friday 12 th September, I commented that both the FTSE-100 and Gold were...
Rachel Reeves to add 12.05p tax per litre of fuel in November Budget?
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 02.10.2025 Kemi Badenoch is now calling for laws on Net Zero to be abolished – about time for some sanity of...
Average retail investor more than £8,000 better off by staying the course after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ market shock
18.09.2025 New analysis from investment platform Lightyear shows long-term retail investors would be £8,000 better off compared to those...
FTSE-100 and Gold - both continuing their upward climbs into new high territory - 10,000 and $4,000 respectively?
12.09.2025 We are now within just 22 points of seeing the FTSE-100 smashing through its all-time High ground - as I write it is 9,335.16,...
Russia attacks NATO, Israel blows up Hamas in Qatar – Gold could rise to $4,000
10.09.2025 Overnight Russian drones have been downed by Poland’s armed forces. Multiple violations of Poland’s airspace bordering...
Not all that glitters... gold beaten to top of commodities table
03.09.2025 I am grateful to see that Citywire earlier this week published an article updating the 2025 performance of various of the...
Brent Crude just hovering around the $66 level – however .....
07.08.2025 Brent Crude just hovering around the $66 level – however with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco posting its 10 th straight fall in...
Notes on FTSE-100, Gold, Oil, Epwin Group, Filtronic, AO World, Northern Bear, Costain Group, Zotefoams and SRT Marine
07.08.2025 FTSE-100 heading back into new territory, hopefully helped by a lowering of the Base Rate this morning – is 9300 in sight?...
UK Small Caps need investor attention - Morningstar
29.05.2025 Morningstar today published its report on UK Small Caps and why they require investor attention. Its analysts estimate that...
‘Main market calling’ – AIM to shrink by a fifth as it approaches 30th anniversary
28.05.2025 61 companies, or c£12bn of market cap, are set to leave AIM – either to move to the main market, to delist or because...
Mark Watson-Mitchell takes an overview of the market, gold, interest rates and house prices and comes out mostly bullish
17.01.2025 Have you noticed just how our UK equity market has been firming up since just before last Christmas? The FTSE 100 Index was...
As Next sends some shivers through the retail sector due to higher wage and other costs, we look at some UK giants due to update investors this week – Marks, Tesco, Greggs, Sainsburys and Hilton Food
08.01.2025 Are we soon going to see a rage of major discount sales hitting the UK High Streets and shopping centres? Footfall in the...
Will a Santa Rally complete a year of impressive returns for investors?
With Christmas just weeks away and the festive party season now in full swing, investors have an extra reason to celebrate this year: it...
The direction of the public/private market convergence in 2025
A p ertinent theme remaining in 2025 will be the convergence of public and private markets. In some cases, particularly in the credit...
Gold, Gold, Gold ?
As 2025 draws near, industry experts will be turning their attention towards the next 12 months, analysing trends and predicting what the...
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