“Buy to the sound of cannons, sell to the sound of trumpets.” Attributed to Nathan Mayer Rothschild during the Napoleonic wars, it’s pertinent to consider the above statement at the current time as Russia invades Ukraine and stock markets plunge – at the time of writing the UK stock market

Growth stocks sell-off presents buying opportunity Equities in general continue to be weak and volatile as investors weighed mostly positive US earnings reports against the threat of rising interest rates. Last week, the BoE’s monetary policy committee voted to increase the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.5%.