Weekend reading: Will the last company to leave the LSE please turn off the lights?

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  Mogul

  1 c-strong July 18, 2026, 5:44 pm

  While I’m not saying it’s exactly “good” that these companies are being removed from the UK public market, without (for now) being replaced by new companies, it may not be all bad, either. I would argue that this is a necessary part of the process of the market — especially the FTSE250 — being re-rated upwards and generally becoming more attractive.

  It’s been obvious for a long time to anyone who looked that UK smaller caps were very undervalued, but somehow this didn’t result in much movement.

  When companies are regularly getting large acquisition premiums, surely this will attract more interest from general investors, and not just big US acquirers? Or am I over-optimistic?
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  Maven

  2 Larsen July 18, 2026, 9:42 pm

  Timely from Ted Gioia, we just cancelled Netflix after 12 years. Iplayer normally has about 100 films on at any one time, 50 of which I might want to watch. I would go on Netflix and spend half an hour scrolling and find nothing I wanted.
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  Mogul

  3 Brod July 19, 2026, 7:55 am

  FIRE and wide – great article about health span but absolutely nothing about exercise?

  Epic fail.