Justin is one of the most recognisable and trusted market commentators on television, radio, and in the press.
Originally trained as a lawyer, he has observed the retail market industry for 20 years whilst at Barclays Stockbrokers and developed a unique understanding of the market’s roles and benefits for the private investor.
Each week we will bring you Justin’s latest thoughts and commentry.
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Now everything can change before the end of the year, but we can certainly see the main patterns as to what has happened to stock market indices around the globe. When the year began it was, of course, all doom and gloom for anything to do with the Eurozone. From failing economies to a real fear that the Euro might see its first departure with the Greek drama, the Eurozone was a place that few thought was going to be an attractive area for investment. Yet twelve months later some of the most unlikely Eurozone countries saw double digit returns on their national indices. Portugal, Ireland and Italy, all founder members of the PIGS acronym (which put together the economic basket cases of the Eurozone – the others being Spain and Greece) saw positive returns, with Ireland returning a spanking 32%.
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