What a total Drama! Now, let us get on with attacking the 10,000 - just a few days away?

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 26.11.2025

Taking a bullish stance to get the markets swinging upwards again

What a load of fuss and hot air - now we know (not guess) what Rachel has in store for us.

The drama in the lead-up to today's announcement became almost hysteric.

It is now visible and the country, the market and industry now just have to get on with the job again and cast aside the false rumours that were swirling around ahead of the Chancellor's statement and its content.

And what a total mess up by the 'all-important' OBR - releasing the contents ahead of speech.

Like the recent furore at the BBC - heads should roll!

So where are we now?

We can only be days away from the FTSE100 attacking the psychologically magic 10,000 level.

As the market closes this evening, having broken up through 9,700, it is only looking for a 3% upward shift to hit that target.

And as for the Dow Jones - well it is just 5% away from penetrating the 50,000 level - again that target could be very close.

Could both the UK and the US markets show some renewed strength in the run-up to Christmas?

I would wager that both targets will soon be hit.