Market volatility is set to continue

In the past six months we have seen incredible volatility within markets, with telecoms, media and t...

In the past six months we have seen incredible volatility within markets, with telecoms, media and technology bearing the brunt of it. Over the past two years an investor in the UK technology sectors would have almost tripled their money on an absolute basis. Compare this with the FTSE All-Share overall where the index is just up a meagre 7%. In fact if you strip out the telecoms, media and technology sectors altogether the FTSE All-Share is actually down on where we were two years ago. Changes in the UK indices also have had an effect. A year or so ago Baltimore Technology was a small ...