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[Uncertainty rises, British stock market becomes a safe haven for funds] October 27th, multiple negative factors have suppressed the British stock market for a long time: weak capital investment after Brexit, high inflation expectations, scarcity of AI track targets, coupled with financial and debt concerns, continue to drag down the market. However, institutions believe that it is not appropriate to be bearish on British stocks at this stage. Among G10 economies, the free cash flow valuation of the British stock market is particularly attractive, and the discount of financial stocks to their European peers has reached a 30-year high. The high UK 10-year nominal yield mainly reflects inflation expectations rather than debt credit risk. It is worth noting that the UK stock technology exposure is extremely low, with the technology sector accounting for less than 1% of profits. In the context of increased volatility in global AI-related technology stocks and market doubts about the returns on large-scale AI infrastructure investments, British stocks have naturally become a hedging choice for technology bulls. Historical data shows that when the technology sector is weakening, the British market tends to perform better. Many British consumer and industrial leaders have strong earnings resilience, diversified overseas layouts, and better cash flow returns than their European counterparts, but they have lost their past valuation premiums. Recently, profit expectations of local sectors such as banks, food retail, and telecommunications have been raised. In addition, the IMF has raised its UK growth forecast, and fundamentals have recovered at the margin. Overall, the London stock market has shrunk and macro pressures still exist, but pessimistic expectations have been reflected in stock prices, and there are currently opportunities to deploy high-resilience value targets.
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