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Market Comment - April 24

April 2024

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

You will recall that a range of markets, both equities and bonds, ended 2023 on a high and then fell away a bit. The FTSE-250 index, the litmus test for UK plc, bounced from mid-January and has regained the Christmas highs. Gilts have recently stabilised but have still got ground to make up, which will be dictated by UK inflation numbers in the next few months. The more globally focussed FTSE-100 has been a feature of recent weeks. US investors have begun to more actively look overseas. In particular, they have begun to realise that, relative to US stocks, there are much cheaper dollar earners quoted in stock markets outside the US, and the FTSE-100 index is home to a good few of these. A new peak for the FTSE-100 is ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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