When markets fall sharply, moving to cash feels like the best option. But the evidence tells a different story.
Analysis of global equity markets from 1995 to 2025 shows that a £10,000 investment left fully invested would have grown to approximately £120,000 - an annualised return of 8.7%. Miss just the 30 best trading days over that period, and the same investment is worth around £33,000. That's the cost of trying to time the market.
A month into Andy Burnham’s tenure as Prime Minister, the team are asking what he could possibly do to turn the UK economy and stock market around. Next, we explore the rally in software stocks, as improving growth expectations reignite enthusiasm for some names in the sector that many had written off just a year ago. Finally, this month’s stock spotlight is Intel – a company that helped build the modern technology industry and is now attempting an ambitious turnaround as a crucial beneficiary of the broad AI infrastructure build-out.
Semantics matter. Words carry associations that can't always be neatly translated into a different cultural context. First impressions often determine whether investors are prepared to allocate money to an investment strategy.
Business confidence has weakened in the second wave of YouGov's quarterly Business Sentiment Tracker, with businesses becoming less optimistic about the economy, their industries, and their own prospects.
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