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Sterling outperforms in 2024; however, downside is a risk for 2025
While 2023 was a year for raising rates, the main theme that markets were focussed on in 2024, was when rate cuts would begin, with some suggesting that the Fed could start reversing course in March of this year, with the Bank of England following soon after. This came across as optimistic and mispriced in


Winners and losers of 2024, as the FTSE100 underperforms again
For the FTSE 100 itβs been yet another year of underperformance, barely eking out a gain in 2023, at least this year weβve seen the UK benchmark index break above the 8,000 level and achieve a new record high in the first half of the year. The performance since that record high has been symptomatic


Croda has had a rocky 2024, but Hargreaves Lansdown thinks 2025 will be better.
The speciality chemicals group Croda (CRDA) is something of a last man standing in the UK-listed companies in the sector. The company was founded in 1925 and today has a market cap of Β£4.90 billion and just over 6000 employees. The current business is much different to the one founded almost a century ago, and


Airbus share price takes off but can it continue flying for 2025?
One of two companies that make wide-bodied jets on global scale (the other being Boeing). Airbus is a genuine European champion. Issues around corporate governance, safety and quality control, and more recently industrial action at its major rival, have provided Airbus with the runway to take a lead over its US peer. However, as we


Will Aggressive Expansion Dent The London Stock Exchange’s Long-Term Uptrend?
The London Stock Exchange share price has come in for more than its fair share of criticism this year. However, many of the problems facing the London equity markets are down to structural and legislative issues, outside of the Exchangeβs remit, and under the purview of the regulator and the government. For its part the


Are On the Beach shares worth buying for 2025?
Shares in On the Beach Group (OTB:LON) have skyrocketed recently. Over the last month, the British online travel companyβs share price has risen more than 40%. Can this under-the-radar small-cap growth stock continue to deliver for investors in 2025 and beyond? Letβs take a look. What does On the Beach do? On the Beach Group