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FTSE100 to break through the 7000 barrier?

MFW_ASAP
MFW_ASAP Posts: 1,458 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
"The FTSE100 has touched 6,877.5 points today, taking it just 73.1 points short of its all-time high set on the very last trading day of 1999!"

It will be interesting to see the FTSE100 reach its peak at a time of EU Deflation and the continued turmoil from the global downturn.
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  • dryhat
    dryhat Posts: 1,305 Forumite
    Share buy-backs are wonderful aren't they?
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    dryhat wrote: »
    Share buy-backs are wonderful aren't they?

    how do share buy backs affect the value of the index?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    CLAPTON wrote: »
    how do share buy backs affect the value of the index?

    Share prices rise. ;)
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Share prices rise. ;)

    how does that affect the index?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    CLAPTON wrote: »
    how does that affect the index?

    Indexes are based on the market capitalisation of the companies that constitute the particular index.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Indexes are based on the market capitalisation of the companies that constitute the particular index.

    Oh dear. You've not worked out you've fallen into Clapton's hole yet.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    7000 feels almost mythical after all these years trying to get there. So long ago that houses were apparently affordable back then.

    All those bankers will be going out to buy unicorns with their bonuses.
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  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
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    CLAPTON wrote: »
    how does that affect the index?

    Every share bought back combines to form "derivative shock", otherwise known as "large Higgs-Bonus index black holes" with infinite length but zero width. The resulting resonance on the Stock Exchange tree shakers causes all stops to disintegrate, and in turn all back-end loaded funds can no longer hedge their futures. Subsequent (inevitable) lagged shorts on large-caps create extra Lambda in the par-yields, while participating dividends enter a parallel shift in their yield curves.

    Surely we all knew this.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Loughton_Monkey wrote: »
    Surely we all knew this.

    Strangely, Clappers will probably accept that explanation without a murmor :eek:
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  • IronWolf
    IronWolf Posts: 6,445 Forumite
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    The FTSE never struck me as an index with a lot of share buybacks, its mostly about low interest rates and increased sentiment imo.
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