Dangers lurk on horizon for strong equity market

The strength of the UK equity market in the first four months of 2006 has taken most sector participants by surprise. What is particularly surprising though, is the fact the market is up and continues to offer reasonable value. For example, the FTSE 100 index was up to 5,618.80 points on 5 June, compared to 4,999.40 points a year ago. While the FTSE 250 index was trading at 8,794.3 points on 5 June, compared to 7,204.8 a year ago. However, there are various issues that could cloud the horizon for the UK equity market during 2006. For instance, the stand-off between the US and Iran over ...