It was a far from vintage year for the stock market with the cost of living crisis, war in Ukraine, the tech crash, and political chaos all doing their bit to undermine confidence.
Sadly the Standard’s share tips were not immune from the turmoil with only two out of eight showing a profit at the year end. On aggregate we performed badly against the top tier FTSE 100, which was boosted by the strong dollar, but respectably in line with the more UK-focused FTSE-250.
