uk on verge of blue chip revival
The first half of this year has seen stock market volatility increase, with many of the gains in some of the developed markets made in the first four or even five months pretty much wiped out.
The first half of this year has seen stock market volatility increase, with many of the gains in some of the developed markets made in the first four or even five months pretty much wiped out.
The business headlines last week were full of how volatile stock markets are as equities turned from black to red in a single trading day across the globe.
The FTSE 100 climbed to a five-year high breaching 6,500 points this week; the problem is this is just as worrisome for some investors as were the lows of 2009.
Members of the CFA Society of the UK have predicted the FTSE 100 will close 2013 at 6093, in just one of a range of asset class views to be collated by the organisation.
The FTSE 100 has just disappeared through the 6000 mark and Gareth Evans suggests it will continue northwards towards 6600 by the year end thanks largely to domestically-focused small and mid-cap stocks.
Meteor Asset Management has launched two new FTSE 100 and S&P 500-backed income products for UK investors.
Meteor Asset Management’s latest Defesive Plan will make returns based on the performance of five stocks across different sectors in the FTSE 100.
Société Générale is to make its UK Autocall 10, based on the performance of the FTSE 100, available to a wider audience after an initial launch targeted at clients of just one investment firm.
Legal & General has added two new structured products to its range, one with capital protection, both dependent on the FTSE 100 index.
Morgan Stanley has issued its Best Entry Growth Plan 9 based on the performance of the FTSE 100.
Morgan Stanley has launched, and Investec Strucured Products is about to launch, a structured product based on the performance of the FTSE 100 index.
On Monday, Investec will unveil its FTSE 100-backed structured product that matures in February 2018.