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Jan 24, 2019
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British Workers Get Biggest Pay Raise in 10 Years

British Workers Get Biggest Pay Raise in 10 Years

In early 2019, UK employers offered the sharpest pay hikes in a decade.

The latest official data indicates a 3.4% increase in British workers’ pay – the fastest pace in over 10 years. This stands in contrast with economic challenges related to Brexit.

Median annual wage deals for this month was at 2.8 percent, compared with awards of 2.0 percent in December, according to preliminary figures collected by pay data firm XpertHR.

UK unemployment is at its lowest rate since the mid-1970s. The Bank of England has said that it expects pay growth to increase, and is likely to increase interest rates gradually against labor market tightening.

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Sergey Savastiouk, Ph.D. has a degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow University and has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, investor, manager, and mathematician. His professional expertise is in applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, system and pattern analysis, and software and hardware system integration. He has served as the CEO of several hi-tech start-up companies and nonprofit organizations, which has given him proven capabilities in business strategy for high-tech start-up companies, market assessment, company formation, team building, product development, marketing, and sales. He has published numerous articles in journals and magazines on related fields. As a retail investor, he spent 15 years developing his proprietary trading and quantitative algorithms (now Tickeron’s A.I.), which brought him significant returns in trading the stock market. His current work and goal in founding Tickeron is to bring professional, sophisticated stock market analysis capabilities to retail investors via an easy-to-use interface.


EWU's MACD Histogram just turned positive

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) for EWU turned positive on October 12, 2026. Looking at past instances where EWU's MACD turned positive, the stock continued to rise in 41 of 49 cases over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 84%.

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Technical Analysis (Indicators)

Bullish Trend Analysis

The RSI Oscillator points to a transition from a downward trend to an upward trend -- in cases where EWU's RSI Oscillator exited the oversold zone, 20 of 25 resulted in an increase in price. Tickeron's analysis proposes that the odds of a continued upward trend are 80%.

The Momentum Indicator moved above the 0 level on November 04, 2026. You may want to consider a long position or call options on EWU as a result. In 63 of 78 past instances where the momentum indicator moved above 0, the stock continued to climb. The odds of a continued upward trend are 81%.

EWU moved above its 50-day moving average on November 04, 2026 date and that indicates a change from a downward trend to an upward trend.

The 10-day moving average for EWU crossed bullishly above the 50-day moving average on October 28, 2026. This indicates that the trend has shifted higher and could be considered a buy signal. In 12 of 16 past instances when the 10-day crossed above the 50-day, the stock continued to move higher over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 75%.

Following a +0.69% 3-day Advance, the price is estimated to grow further. Considering data from situations where EWU advanced for three days, in 252 of 308 cases, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 82%.

Bearish Trend Analysis

The Stochastic Oscillator entered the overbought zone. Expect a price pull-back in the foreseeable future.

EWU broke above its upper Bollinger Band on November 04, 2026. This could be a sign that the stock is set to drop as the stock moves back below the upper band and toward the middle band. You may want to consider selling the stock or exploring put options.

The Aroon Indicator for EWU entered a downward trend on October 12, 2026. This could indicate a strong downward move is ahead for the stock. Traders may want to consider selling the stock or buying put options.

Industry description

The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI United Kingdom Index. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the UK market. The fund is non-diversified.

High and low price notable news

The average weekly price growth across all stocks in the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) ETF was 3%. For the same ETF, the average monthly price growth was 6%, and the average quarterly price growth was 6%. USD experienced the highest price growth at -21%, while USD experienced the biggest fall at -21%.

Volume

The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) ETF was 18%. For the same stocks of the ETF, the average monthly volume growth was 56% and the average quarterly volume growth was 10%

Fundamental Analysis Ratings

The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows

Valuation Rating: 54
P/E Growth Rating: 62
Price Growth Rating: 52
SMR Rating: 63
Profit Risk Rating: 62
Seasonality Score: 23 (-100 ... +100)
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