Are British stocks set for a Boris bounce?

UK stocks have been out of favour since the EU referendum. That opens up an opportunity for value investors, and we could even see a "Boris bounce".

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UK equities are unloved and underrated
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Could UK stocks be in line for a "Boris bounce"? asks Sally Hamilton in The Mail on Sunday. They have been "stubbornly out of favour" ever since the referendum, returning just 19% over three years compared with 43% for American equities. A "triple cocktail" of fears about a no-deal Brexit, a Corbyn government and wider political uncertainty has depressed returns. Yet that opens up an opportunity for value investors.

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Alex is an investment writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2015. He has been the magazine’s markets editor since 2019. 

Alex has a passion for demystifying the often arcane world of finance for a general readership. While financial media tends to focus compulsively on the latest trend, the best opportunities can lie forgotten elsewhere. 

He is especially interested in European equities – where his fluent French helps him to cover the continent’s largest bourse – and emerging markets, where his experience living in Beijing, and conversational Chinese, prove useful. 

Hailing from Leeds, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester.