Tag Archive: London Stock Exchange

  1. The Markets

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    Happy birthday United States of America!

    U.S. stock markets gave Americans plenty of reason to celebrate over the 4th July weekend. The Dow Jones Industrials Average earned ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ from investors and pundits as it shot above 17,000 last week (a significant gain from March 2009 when it traded in the mid-6,000 range). Barron’s pointed out the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was no slouch either having closed “above its 200-day trading average for more than 400 consecutive trading days, the second longest streak in the last 50 years.” (more…)

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    Happy New Year!

    Traders are toasting the strongest year for the FTSE 100 since 2009 following a bumper crop of new entrants to the stock market. (more…)

  3. The privitisation of The Royal Mail

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    The privitisation of The Royal Mail saw small investors being favoured over large. Savers who applied for up to £10,000 worth of shares in Royal Mail have ended up with fewer shares than they wanted.

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