We are 11 years into one of the greatest stockmarket upswings in history, yet the joy has not been evenly spread.
Brexit has dominated the agenda to the detriment of all else, causing rancour among us and putting the brakes on the UK economy and its stockmarket. Policy-making has been non-existent, businesses have been afraid to invest and people have been reluctant to spend. Investors the world over decided to abandon our market until we sort ourselves out. Rathbones' Carl Stick on the one stock that has been in the Income fund for 20 years This appears to be changing. After the election, there has been a marked revival in the housing market. Retail sales finished the year in dismal fashion, ...
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