Financial Foot In Mouth » money http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk Thu, 03 Oct 2013 06:20:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 We’re Still in a Bull Market http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk/2011/11/were-still-in-a-bull-market/ http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk/2011/11/were-still-in-a-bull-market/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:02:10 +0000 admin http://localhost/FinancialFootInMouth/?p=22 During the following quarter, according to “The Daily Telegraph” (01/10/2011) the FTSE 100 suffered its biggest quarterly fall in nine years in the third quarter as mounting fears over a second global recession drove the index down 13.7% and wiped £212 bn. off the value of shares.

The last time the index fell so sharply was the third quarter of 2002. The poor three month performance was echoed among European markets, with the CAC 40 in Paris down 25.1% over the third quarter and the DAX in Germany 25.45% lower.

According to “New Model Adviser” (04/10/2011) “the U.K officially entered bear market territory on 9 August when it hit 4,855.35, some 20% off its February high of 6,091.33.”

We believe this to be a forecasting faux-pas and a worthy winner in our Hall of Fame! Can we let this comment go unnoticed or does it deserve our acknowledgement? Recognition merited!

]]> http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk/2011/11/were-still-in-a-bull-market/feed/ 0 Gordon Brown on the City of London Bankers http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk/2011/08/gordon-brown-on-the-city/ http://financialfootinmouth.co.uk/2011/08/gordon-brown-on-the-city/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:23:48 +0000 admin http://www.bigbrandideas.co.uk/financialfootinmouth/?p=43 Yes everyone, it’s our favourite politician, Gordon Brown, (remember “no return to boom and bust?”)  for the comment he made way back in his 2002 Mansion House speech.

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