Contrarian Investor UK invests mainly in UK FTSE and AIM listed shares. Like famous contrarians, Warren Buffett and Anthony Bolton, he likes to take a different view to the crowd of investors. He prefers the short term, possibly speculative trade, to the long term hold and takes the view that it's about "buy and research" not "buy and hold"! This blog tracks Contrarian Investor UK's thoughts on the stockmarket and his portfolio's trades. Move against the herd with the Contrarian Investor UK!
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
U.K. FTSE 100 finishes at 21 month high
The FTSE 100 finished at 5,645, up 24 points for the day and the highest level for 21 months as commodity stocks went higher on the weak dollar and Goldman Sachs predicted strong demand for raw materials. Ben Bernanke's statement that U.S. interest rates were likely to remain low for some time, has pressurised the dollar and driven commodity prices higher as their price in set in U.S. dollars.
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