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Jo Ranz

Jo Ranz

Portfolio Manager, UK Equities at ClearBridge Investments; specializes in large-cap UK equity strategies and dividend investing.

Jul 21, 2026

7:53
David talks about defence and he talks about house building that would be positive for the equity market in terms of spending priorities, surely.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:02
Yes, indeed.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:03
So if we look across the sectors this morning as how they've responded to the appointments across the cabinet, we're seeing the defence sector rise.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:12
As we've discussed, the chance of greater defence spend now looks significantly higher with Healey appointed as Chancellor.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:19
Also, the housing sector is seeing a bit of a boost.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:22
Again, Healey, he was behind a review which looked as to whether the housing market could do with more demand support.
Jo Ranz
Jo RanzGUEST
8:30
about 10 years ago, which could suggest perhaps a kind of help to buy.

8 MINS LATER

16:52
Do you see anything here at the moment that makes you feel as if you would want to move at all towards the domestic market, which has underperformed the international FTSE 100?

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