One of the topics that I have written about many times in the past is the importance of long-term investing. In the short term markets tend to be volatile for any number of reasons. Ignoring these volatilities and the noise that go with them is the key for success. Bull markets tend to be longer …
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The bull and bear market for the UK equity market from 1945 to 2021 is shown in the chart below. The returns shown are based on total return of the FTSE All Share Index in local currency. The average bull market during the period had a duration of 5.9 years and the average bear market …
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British equities have performed poorly in recent years since the Brexit saga began. When compared to US peers, British stocks have earned poor returns for 1993 to 2023 as shown in The Vanguard 2023 Index Chart below. Since 1993, US stocks would have earned an annual return of 10.49% relative to British stocks which had …
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The FTSE 250 Index is the mid-cap index of the UK stock market. The index is a better representation of the British economy than the widely popular FTSE 100 which is more global-oriented. The FTSE 250 index was created 30 years ago in 1992. The following infographic shows some of the major milestones of the …
The benchmark index of the UK equity market is the FTSE 100 Index. This index is comprised of the 100 blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange and is dominated by oil majors like Shell plc(SHEL) and BP(BP), banks (HSBC), drug firms (Astrazeneca – AZN) and consumer staple giants like Unilever (UL). As such, …
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