FTSE 100

[Ihavenojob]

78.25% of statistics are made up on the spot.

By IpsisMori

 

[Doggit]

after all arms manufactures shares do well in time off conflict but you wouldnt count that as a good thing

Well, not really. They go to war with the stuff they've been buying in the years before hand. They sometimes get an arms embargoi during a war, and they then have to restock afterwards. Wars are good for the arms manufactureres because they know their wares will be in demand after the war is over. The only time your reasoning applies, is when the country produces their own arms.

Do you have an explanation as to why the FTSE 100 & the FTSE 250 are at the top, yet 99.98% of folk believe our current economy is failing?

Because there's a lot of FTSE companies that get their revenues in dollars, so with a lower pound, their earnings are worth more. The recent budget shows why the economy is failing. Hammond is robbing peter to pay paul, and scrabbling round for money to keep the economy afloat. Read my earlier posts for a more detailed description

Probably as meaningful as this pound soaring and shooting above 1.15 euros

Well done EFL, you're the only one who has spotted that it's often the papers inflamatory descriptions of a minor reaction in the markets, that set thing off in to an even greater pendulum effect.

 

[big-all]

Well, not really. They go to war with the stuff they've been buying in the years before hand. They sometimes get an arms embargoi during a war, and they then have to restock afterwards. Wars are good for the arms manufactureres because they know their wares will be in demand after the war is over. The only time your reasoning applies, is when the country produces their own arms.

not strictly true people buy shares in anticipation that will push up the price as more people are speculating causing the shares to perform better
what stock they have or have not got will have limited effect on the share price

 

[Brigadier]

Well done EFL, you're the only one who has spotted that it's often the papers inflamatory descriptions of a minor reaction in the markets, that set thing off in to an even greater pendulum effect.

I've said this for years: instantaneous media causes unnecessary swings in markets.
Problems in New York? London reacts.

But go back before telegrams, London knew that they hadn't starved, or the sky hadn't fallen down, in the two weeks it took for the news to stream across the pond. The global ripples were smoothed out.