Tech analyst Richard Jeans talks to Proactive London about tech stocks, which so far this year have underperformed this week's rally. Jeans says this is perhaps explained by the steepening yield curve and the shift into commodity and value plays. Mining, oil and banks are up sharply over the week. For the tech industry, 2021 begins with uncertainty, given that we're still in the grip of a global pandemic and many traders are transfixed on what Biden will do economically now that Democrats have won control of the senate with expectations of higher taxes and stricter regulations. In the Small Cap space, Wandisco (LON:WAND) jumped around 15% following its optimistic trading update on Wednesday. And Seeing Machines (LON:SEE) is up 6% following news of its licencing agreement with OmniVision.
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Richard has spent over 30 years in investment research and financial media. He worked at Edison Investment Research for twelve years, where he covered technology, specialising in software and services. Prior to Edison, he was with the FT for thirteen years and prior to that a greenfield pan-European independent equity research company in the early 1990s. Richard holds the ASIP designation and has been a member of the CFA Society of the UK and its predecessors since the early 1990s. Read more
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Published: 10:47 08 Jan 2021 EST