UK shares near record cheap levels after Brexit, says J.P.Morgan8 Nov 2021 18:28
Britain's shares are near "record cheap" levels as they have lagged their global peers since the Brexit vote, J.P. Morgan said on Monday, boosting its rating of UK stocks.
The brokerage upgraded UK stocks to "overweight" from "neutral", meaning it believes these stocks should perform better in the future.
The Bank of England is more likely to begin hiking interest rates next year as opposed to in December, according to some investment professionals, who said its surprise decision to hold interest rates at 0.1% last Thursday (4 November), has been “particularly perplexing” amid previous warnings from Governor Andrew Bailey.
Markets are now pricing an interest rate rise at the Bank of England's December meeting
The BoE decision will have left many speculators licking their wounds; data for the week to last Tuesday showed $1.3 billion worth of bullish pound positions had built ahead of the meeting.
British Airways has just shared this video from the Heathrow control tower of the dual take-off of the British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights to New York this morning. This is to celebrate the reopening of the US to visitors travelling from the UK.
Governor who cried wolf over interest rates the right man for the job?7 Nov 2021 08:57
The Governor, nicknamed the 'sexy turtle' in the City, had given a strong signal that interest rates were set to rise when he said in October that the Bank 'will have to act' to control inflation, which is now predicted to hit five per cent next year.
Bailey rebuffs claims he 'bottled it' on interest rate call5 Nov 2021 10:47
“If you ask the question ‘why haven’t you done it now?’ The answer is all to do with the labour market… there were a lot more people using the furlough scheme right up to the end.
“The labour market looks tight in this country at the moment but the missing piece of evidence is just what has happened after the end of the furlough scheme and we don’t have any data to guide us on that.”
Analysis: Unreliable boyfriends? BoE and other central banks rankle investors5 Nov 2021 08:15
Investors assailed the Bank of England on Thursday for not delivering an interest rate rise they had bet on, in what may be a sign of things to come as central banks around the world tread carefully to balance inflation risks and economic growth.
Although economists do not expect a first post-pandemic rate hike until early next year, investors had priced in a move after what they said were weeks of signalling by BoE policymakers, including Governor Andrew Bailey, that rates needed to rise.