UK stock market Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/uk-stock-market/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:25:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png UK stock market Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/uk-stock-market/ 32 32 Silver prices surge https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/15/silver-and-gold-prices-surge/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12164 I am still reeling from Silver’s 130% increase in 2025. Gold was a mere 53%. And yes, it has continued – £1,000 of silver on 1/1/25 is now £2,960 – I am becoming speechless. We have trimmed some of ours but still hold over £3million but as noted, we can’t hold it any longer as […]

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]]> UK shares, Budget and what’s next? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/08/02/uk-shares-doing-well-labour-budget-effects/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:00:08 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11310 Good news in that the Bill about Investment Trust charges’ reporting is very much back on parliamentary agenda. Readers might recall the Election stymied the last attempt. Success would be a very useful outcome for holders of these investment vehicles and see reductions in discounts to asset values as well as open new investment opportunities […]

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]]> General Election issues for the markets? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/25/will-a-general-election-hit-the-markets/ Sat, 25 May 2024 14:55:27 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11186 A General Election looms! So the Dow Jones has pushed higher again, breaching 40,000 and almost double its March 2020 pandemic low. At the depth of the financial crisis in 2009, it was 7,062. Still, you know my sentiments in the short-term here… what possibly could go wrong over there? The UK has been pushing […]

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]]> Fortune’s coin has flipped https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/14/coin-has-flipped-for-uk-markets/ Tue, 14 May 2024 13:24:38 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11176 Hasn’t it been lovely to actually have some real spring weather for a change! The Garden is looking lovely, with clematis, azaleas and wisteria either in bloom or soon, complemented by apple blossom, early bedding plants and the grass in otherwise muddy areas finally showing signs of recovery, from such a wet start to the […]

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]]> Markets, investments and taxes https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/03/uk-markets-holding-against-us/ Fri, 03 May 2024 12:09:16 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11155 Good afternoon. Well, the UK market is progressing comfortably whilst the US has slipped-back. Our clients’ 5 April reports will be landing on door mats imminently and it is pleasing to note that generally gentle progress has continued since then. BHP makes an audacious bid for UK-quoted Anglo American, owner of DeBeers amongst other mining […]

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]]> Markets rebound despite Middle East troubles https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/04/26/markets-rebound-after-middle-east-tension/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:44:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11146 The markets are hoping that Middle-Eastern concerns have not escalated and after initial worries, markets have rebounded and the oil price slipped-back again. Let us be hopeful that is a permanent state of affairs though the Israel Hostage and Palestine situation does not go away. The UK and the US have approved further sums for […]

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]]> The new tax year – what are the market movers and shakers? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/04/12/new-tax-year-2024-market-movers-and-shakers/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11131 I hope that you have had a good Easter. Welcome to the new tax year, a time for opportunity to maximise your ISA and Pension allowances for example – better earlier than later! Watch-out too as the Taxman cometh if you have too much in dividends, interest or investment gains as the tax-free allowances are […]

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]]> Happy Easter musings and the financial markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/28/easter-wishes-and-the-financial-markets/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:29:50 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11115 My apologies for another eshot so soon but I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy Easter. The time has crept-up upon us quickly this year, to a special time when too many parts of the world are quite broken and without easy resolution. Let us reflect upon those whilst at […]

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]]> Sterling efforts in some quarters https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/25/sterling-efforts-in-some-quarters/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:59:13 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11102 It hasn’t been noted prominently anywhere but despite recent slippage, Sterling had been quietly moving forwards. It has been at the highest against the US Dollar since July last year; a few more cents and it will be the highest since April 2022. It even pushed higher against the Euro too, its highest since August […]

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]]> Spring Budget reflections https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/11/spring-budget-2024-tax-reflections/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:33:34 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11092 Well, what did you think of the Budget? A new ‘Great British ISA’ with an extra £5,000 investment is interesting and details are awaited. We shall be providing these, I am sure. The Chancellor’s also abolishing the principle of a ‘furnished holiday let’. That is interesting and suggests no more Small Business Rate Relief on […]

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