Don’t pander to Mr Market The week is closing with another big stock market sell-off and, as is once again the case, the shares of smaller companies, particularly those on AIM, are having a tougher time than the blue chips. Russia’s diabolical invasion of Ukraine has further destabilised a fragile
“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%.
Only half IPOs on AIM in 2021 above their listing price 2021 is proving to be the first year since 2014 that Initial public Offerings (‘IPOs’) on London’s AIM market have exceeded cancellations, although our research, which was picked up by The Telegraph’s Questor column, indicates that it’s proved hard
