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Why the FTSE is soaring

nvestors in UK stocks have not had a lot to feel good about over the past few years. But 2023 has at least got off to a good start. The FTSE 100 is up by close to 5% since Christmas. Coming off the back of a strong December, that was enough to take it past its last all-time high five years ago. It might only take one or two strong sets of company results to

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