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Read moreMonday Musings 31/10/2022
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween to all those that enjoy it. My boy can’t quite decide if he’s too cool for all of this trick or treating business any more. I’m quite happy to leave off wondering around in the cold every year in favour of popcorn and spooky movies. Not too spooky mind. Olly will be fine. It’s me that can’t take the scary.
On the day of spooks and spirits Sunak certainly seem to be bringing both his career and the pound back from the dead. Although the banks are watching to see what he’ll do on the 17th of November – the new date for the next budget. That’s right, if you hadn’t heard now the budget has been pushed back by 17 days. Which somehow feels less chaotic than when Truss was in charge. And yet more good news – Octopus Energy will be buying Bulb (that was being bailed out by taxpayers) saving us billions.
So, there is a glimmer of optimism and again we see plenty of green numbers in the market news. Long may it continue!
So, to the markets,
31.12.2021 | 31.10.2022 | % Change | % Change on week | |
FTSE 100 | 7384 | 7047 | Down 4.56 | Up 1.12 |
Dow Jones | 36338 | 32861 | Down 9.56 | Up 5.72 |
Nasdaq | 15645 | 11102 | Down 29.03 | Up 2.24 |
S&P | 4766 | 3901 | Down 18.14 | Up 3.95 |
NIKKEI | 28791 | 27105 | Down 5.85 | Up 0.80 |
Hang Seng | 23398 | 14863 | Down 36.47 | Down 8.32 |
Shanghai | 3640 | 2915 | Down 19.91 | Down 4.05 |
CAC 40 | 7153 | 6273 | Down 12.30 | Up 3.94 |
DAX | 15885 | 13243 | Down 16.63 | Up 4.03 |
Not all of its bleak out there. Sometimes we hear good things in the press. Ok, not often. But sometimes. For example, news came in the press recently that the.
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