abrdn's Ben Ritchie: Dynamic companies are going cheap in the UK if you know where to look

'Takeover bids are a double-edged sword'

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The cheapness of the UK equity market has become something of a cliché amongst investors.

Today's younger generation of investors will not even remember the heady days of the 1980s, when the UK's oil-rich stock market boomed. Brexit is never far from the narrative when we talk about the catalyst for the changing dynamics of UK company valuations, though the landscape was shifting before then. Investors can always learn much from looking back, but it is crucial that we face forward and see the reasons for optimism despite the gloomy headlines. Value of UK venture capital funding deals halves in 2023 A host of dynamic companies still call the UK home. If you analyse th...

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