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Currency investors take advantage of slide in Sterling

  • Barclays Stockbrokers clients capitalised on market conditions yesterday (30 September) with 72% buys compared to 28% sells

Investors saw a clear buying opportunity yesterday, with Barclays Stockbrokers clients making 72% buys compared to 28% sells. This is a sharp contrast to trading activity today which has so far seen 59% of clients buy, compared to 41% sells (as at 4.30pm, 30 September 2008).

Henk Potts, Equity Strategist, Barclays Stockbrokers said: “The art of good investment is to buy the market when it is weak and cheap, rather than strong and expensive. Time is the stock market’s best friend, as long as you are not a forced seller there are good long term opportunities to make money from the current misery.”

 

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About Barclays Stockbrokers

Barclays Stockbrokers is the UK’s largest execution-only retail broker, offering retail investors a wide range of products including shares, funds, CFDs, Investment Notes, Financial Spread Trading, covered warrants and investment accounts like SIPPs and ISAs. Barclays Stockbrokers enables investors to trade in both certificated and nominee shares.

Barclays Stockbrokers holds the following current awards:

  • 2007 Broker of the Year – Shares Magazine
  • 2007 Best Active Trading Tools – Shares Magazine
  • 2007 Broker of the Year – Investors Chronicle
  • 2007 Best Level 2 Provider – Investors Chronicle
  • 2007 Best Online Stockbroker for Financial Security
  • ProShare Private Investor Awards 2005 and 2006 ‘Best Online Stockbroker’
  • Investors Chronicle: Broker of the Year 2005 and 2006, Best International Stockbroker for Cost and Best Broker for Research and Customer Service research and customer service
  • Shares Magazine Execution Only Broker of the Year 2005 and 2006, (voted for by readers)
  • The Private Investor Awards 2007 Best Stockbroker and Best Online Stockbroker

 

About Barclays Wealth

Barclays Wealth, the UK's leading wealth manager by client assets, has £132.5bn client assets globally, at 31 December 2007. It serves affluent, high net worth and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, fiduciary services, investment management and brokerage. Thomas L. Kalaris is the Chief Executive of Barclays Wealth and he joined the business at the start of 2006. It was voted Global Investor’s Wealth Manager of the Year for 2007.

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs over 134,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 27 million customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays Wealth, please visit our website www.barclayswealth.com.