British stocks set for a boost

British stocks are due for a bounce as the UK looks more stable compared to many economies

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With the US beset by political violence and France facing parliamentary gridlock, Britain is rapidly starting to look like “an island of stability”, says Alex Brummer in the Daily Mail

The “Truss tantrum” is becoming a “distant memory”; the UK has had “two successive quarters of robust growth”, while a “centrist” administration with a big majority” takes the reins. In a sign of growing market confidence, the pound has risen to a one-year high against the US dollar. 

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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.