Market Performance

23 April 2024

A new high for the FTSE 100
On 22 April, the FTSE 100 hit a new high of 8023.87. Why the new highs are not all they seem...

03 April 2024

A good quarter for equities, not bonds
The markets performance in the first three months of 2024, which showed equities outperforming bonds as expectations of rate cuts shrink

11 March 2024

December 2023 IA statistics
The Investment Association (IA) statistics for the final month of 2023, which were published the day after the Budget. The timing may not have been coincidental

12 February 2024

S&P 500 closes above 5,000
The benchmark USA stock market index, which has crossed a significant numerical threshold for the first time

05 January 2024

The FTSE 100 has a big birthday
The FTSE 100, which turned 40 years old on 3 January 2024

03 January 2024

The FTSE 100 takes its turn for a relatively disappointing year
The FTSE 100, which ended the year up 3.8%, significantly lagging most developed market indices

30 October 2023

S&P 500 enters correction territory
US markets, which fell last week, taking the S&P 500 into correction territory