Oil rises = equities drop

Podcast: audioboom.com/posts/887984...

ALL Indices are negative for the year. The last time all indices ended the year all negative was in 2018.
Then in 2019 all indices achieved double digit positive returns.

Indice performance for 2026 and 2025. FTSE 100 best performer last year and so far this year.
AIM All Share was worst performer last year but second best so far in 2026.
NASDAQ worst performer in 2026
#UKX #AXX #SMX #SXXP #MCX #AW01 $DJI $SPX $IXIC

Month 2 done. Here's the top of the leaderboard on the 2026 single stock challenge.

To see how the rest of the stock picks are performing click the link below👇
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CEO ANSWERS: Where's the waste in the UK's energy system? | Octopus Energy & Martin Lewis YouTube video by Octopus Energy

If the wholesale cost of UK electricity went to ZERO, our energy bills porbably wouldn't go down.

If this is an not insane energy policy...

youtu.be/J1BKeAGyKzk?...

BoE "Inflation has fallen a long way from its peak of over 10% three years ago, and we now expect it to be back to our 2% target this spring"

Two more members voted for a rate cut than was forecast. Good chance of a rate cut in March or April.

BoE keep interest rates on hold at:
3.75%

Forecast: 3.75%
Previous: 3.75%

Bitcoin $BTC below $70k

MJ Gleeson #GLE just jumped by 26% on no news? 🤔

U.S. big cap was the place to be in 2024 but as you can see below, money slowly rotated to big cap U.K. and Europe in 2025 and now so far in 2026 small caps are the best performers.
AIM has done better in the first month of 2026 than it did for the entire 12 months of 2025

#AXX $RUT #UKX $SPX $IXIC

Bitcoin $BTC down 40% from it's high 120 days ago, down close to 5% today at $75k and $1k below Strategy's average price paid.

FTSE 100 hits all time high at 10,265 #UKX

Gold - down
Silver - down
Bitcoin - down
U.S - down
Europe - down
FTSE 100 - up

In 31 days from 29th December 2025 to 29th January 2026 Silver rose by 62%.

On the 31st January it dropped by 31% in one day.

End of the first month of 2026, small caps outperforming big caps, UK & European big caps outperforming the U.S. big caps.

#AXX #RUT #SMX #MCX #AW01 #UKX #SXXP $DJI $SPX $IXIC

If you took part in the 2026 Single Stock Challenge, you can see how your stock is performing at the link below 👇
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Time Finance: Ed Rimmer & James Roberts discuss their H1 2026 Results Ed Rimmer (CEO) & James Robers (CFO) discuss their H1 2026 results which showed:

Time Finance's Ed Rimmer (CEO) and James Roberts (CFO) discuss their recent interim results, which saw them achieve 18 consecutive quarters of growth.
#TIME
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Some early evidence, investors are moving down the market cap for reward. The 3 of the 4 best performing indices are not big cap and the AIM All Share is the best performer #AXX

Sorry too many results to keep up with on the website. Will do a longer one today 👍

UK PMI's beat forecasts.
We are a predominantly service based economy (80%+) and this has smashed predictions.

AIM, FTSE 250, FTSE Small Cap all 52 week highs.
Are we about to start seeing some inflows? A reverse this trend:
"Only one month out of the 55 months leading up to December 2025 saw inflows, meaning UK-focused equity funds have experienced 54 months of outflows"

AIM ALL Share #AXX 52 week high and it's the highest its been since 10th May 2023.
That's 988 days ago.

9 Companies Covered PLUS a Secret Stock 9 Companies Covered PLUS a Secret Stock

9 Companies Covered PLUS a Secret Stock [PODCAST]
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Cab Payments #CABP "FY25 Pre-close statement:
Expecting strong revenue and profitability performance, ahead of market expectations"

This is the combined performance of the top 20 companies in the Microcap League for 2025.
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FTSE 100 surpasses 10,000 for the first time ever.
#UKX

THE 2026 UK SINGLE STOCK CHALLENGE Thank you for taking part in The 2026 UK Single Stock Challenge. The competition starts at market open on Friday 2nd of January 2026 and ends on Thursday 31st December 2026. The person who picks the s...

Last call, which UK stock will be the best performer in 2026?
Entry closes in 1 hour.
Pls re-post.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

THE 2026 UK SINGLE STOCK CHALLENGE Thank you for taking part in The 2026 UK Single Stock Challenge. The competition starts at market open on Friday 2nd of January 2026 and ends on Thursday 31st December 2026. The person who picks the s...

Less than 6 hours left to take part.
Which UK listed company do you think will be the best performer in 2026?
To take part please fill in the Google form below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Markets in the U.S. haven't opened or closed for 2025 yet but their futures are negative.
Here's how some of the indices have performed for 2025.

THE 2026 UK SINGLE STOCK CHALLENGE Thank you for taking part in The 2026 UK Single Stock Challenge. The competition starts at market open on Friday 2nd of January 2026 and ends on Thursday 31st December 2026. The person who picks the s...

Less than 12 hours left if you want to take part in the UK's Single Stock Challenge.

What do you think will be the best performer in 2026?

To take part, just click the link below and fill out the Google form:
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