The FTSE 100 is trading near record highs. That sentence alone might make you think this is a quiet week. It isn’t. UK markets head into August 10–14 sitting at the intersection of a genuinely strong run and a genuinely unsettled macro backdrop, with a hawkish new Federal Reserve chair pushing against a surprisingly weak … Read more
If you’ve been waiting for a quiet week in UK markets, this isn’t it. Roughly two dozen companies on the London Stock Exchange report results between Monday and Friday this week, and there’s no Bank of England meeting to distract from them — the next one isn’t until September 17. That makes this one of … Read more
If you only remember one thing about UK markets this week, make it this: the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve are both deciding on interest rates within a day of each other, and that decision lands right in the middle of the busiest single day of FTSE 100 earnings so far in 2026. … Read more
If you check the FTSE 100 this week and see it sitting near an all-time high, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a quiet week for UK stocks. It isn’t. On Thursday, July 9, 2026, nominations formally open for a new leader of the Labour Party — and, by extension, a new Prime Minister — … Read more