Sharon Bell The Times Thursday July 17 2014
A Recovering Economy Should Encourage Investors So Why Are The Markets Flat?
FTSE 100 2 days ago – http://www.cityam.com/1405384220/london-report-ftse-100-lifted-sports-direct-and-shire-talks
“The FTSE 100 is flat this year and the FTSE 250 is down about 2 percent. Given the risks of investing these are poor returns. In comparison the S&P 500 in the Us has recently hit new highs and is up almost 7 percent this year.
Even many of the Euro area equity markets have posted on average higher returns than UK stocks despite ‘economic growth’.
a) Sterling is rising
b) Fears about a rise in interest rates
Etc http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/article4149201.ece
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