Is the FTSE 100 finally having its moment in the sun?

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

You can wait a long time for a FTSE 100 record high but for peak-starved British investors this week delivered a bonanza.

Four record highs were racked up by the FTSE 100, with only Wednesday's slight dip spoiling what would have been a perfect run over a week.

The return to new highs on Thursday came as a mega-mining merger bid arrive from BHP for Anglo American - and that was followed swiftly by one of the UK's few tech stars Darktrace announcing it had accepted a bid on Friday.

Are these the catalysts that fund manager Nick Train was talking about when he said it could take a big takeover to shake UK stocks out of their slumber and get the world investing in Footsie companies again?

On this week's podcast, Georgie Frost, Tanya Jefferies and Simon Lambert look and what's moving the UK market, why it is judged to be cheap and whether you should invest.

Plus, the top investment trusts for retirement investing and the latest twist in the state pension top-ups saga.

Should we cut inheritance tax - or at least sort out the mess - as the take soars?

And finally, are you a backseat driver? See if you can pass the test.

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast sponsored by Charles Stadley Direct.
0:08.0	I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and Simon Lambert today is Tanya Jeffreys.
0:12.0	And coming up, Simon explains why the footsie has been hitting record highs this week.
0:17.0	Does it mean the UK stock market is finally about to shine? Meanwhile, Tanya
0:21.9	helps us work out what makes a good retirement investment. Plus, she's a state pension
0:25.9	top-ups update on some of the cases that she's been following of late. Also, today,
0:30.7	inheritance tax hits another record. The probate debacle continues and, are you a backseat
0:35.8	driver without even knowing it.
0:38.4	Don't forget you stay up to date with all the latest breaking money news just to go to
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1:15.1	Investment involves risk.
1:16.7	But first, this week we notched up, not one, not two, but three record highs for the Futsi 100.
1:23.7	But it cares over in the US, they see this all the time.
1:27.2	And despite all the fuss over here, the UK stock market remains deeply unloved by global investors.
1:33.0	But, and we've been saying this for ages now, but could that all be about to change?
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