Market Performance

09 March 2026

A volatile week in the markets
Market performance. The US/Israel-Iran war meant a volatile start to March. As ever, it is worth stepping back for some perspective

09 February 2026

December 2025 IA statistics
The Investment Association (IA) statistics for the final month of 2025, which show a net retail outflow of Ł2.3bn for the year

26 January 2026

Market performance - American dominance?
Market performance. Look at a typical graph of the FTSE 100 against the S&P 500 and there is a clear-cut winner over the last five years. However, drill down and the gap shrinks…

02 January 2026

The FTSE 100 recorded a fifth consecutive year of growth
The FTSE 100, which ended the year up 21.5%, its best performance since 2021. For once the Footsie not only outpaced its US S&P 500 counterpart, it trounced it once the move in the Ł/$ exchange rate is allowed for

02 October 2025

In the third quarter of 2025 markets started to ignore Trump
The FTSE 100, which ended the third quarter of 2025 up 6.7%, continuing to beat the S&P 500 over the year