Investors in EasyJet have experienced an extremely turbulent ride since Questor first tipped the company in July 2017. The budget airline has encountered a variety of unforeseen challenges, including the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, that have weighed on its financial and share price performance.
Investing in shares is at times a very frustrating experience. An investor can do all of the right things, such as buying high-quality companies that go on to deliver strong financial performance, but still fail to generate large profits on their holdings for sustained periods.
Gloomy investor sentiment towards British stocks will not last forever. While investors are mostly emotionally driven people who will happily follow the stock market herd in the short run, hard facts are sure to convince them to buy UK shares over the longer term.
Inflation is proving to be a difficult beast for the Bank of England to tame. While it has almost halved over the past six months, annual inflation still stands at twice the Bank’s 2pc target. And after a rise of 0.1 of a percentage point in December, against expectations of a fall of the same magnitude, investors are becoming increasingly concerned that inflation could prove to be stickier than first envisaged.