13 October 2026

The UK equity market has moved higher again today as government bond yields have eased and helped by a strong trading statement from BP.  It is also good to see that our recommendation of Marston’s last month at 45.9p as a trading buy has paid off with the shares up to 55.5p today.  A gain of over 20% in under a month is not to be sneezed at!!

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JD Sports looks cheap! 78.5p

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28 September 2026 - Shares in the sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion (78.5p) fell back on the announcement of its interim results last week.  These covered the 26 weeks to 1 August 2026 and revenues for the period declined 0.7% to £5.9bn with adjusted pre-tax profits falling by 19.7% to £282m.  Earnings...

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