Graeme Evans

Graeme Evans is a city writer at interactive investor who specialises in UK shares and turns daily market moves, broker research and boardroom activity into clear, actionable coverage for private investors. He has extensive experience covering the stock market and breaking financial news, drawing on a decade as City editor at a major news agency to give context and weight to his reporting. His work stands out for the way it combines live price action with detailed analyst views and director dealings, so readers see not just what the market is doing but why.

UK shares and market sessions

Evans focuses closely on UK-listed companies, with a particular emphasis on the FTSE 100 and FTSE 350. In regular market pieces he reports on session highlights, such as “Shares round-up: big winners in relief rally”, where he runs through the day’s major movers across the index. He also covers post-event trading, as in “Shares round-up: two post-election stock market winners”, highlighting stocks that offer “excellent value” and attractive yields after political milestones. His latest news coverage spans both UK names and global stories, including round-ups on IAG, BP and oil forecasts alongside pieces such as “SpaceX: what Wall Street thinks the shares are really worth”. Across these reports he links index-level performance with company-specific catalysts, giving investors a concise picture of how broader market themes are playing out in individual shares.

Shares round-up and stock-specific analysis

A distinctive strand of Evans’ work is his recurring “Shares round-up” format, which aggregates developments across several FTSE 350 constituents into one digest. Recent examples include coverage of AstraZeneca, BAT, Playtech and Saga, where he pulls together price moves, news flow and valuation markers in a single piece. Alongside these multi-stock round-ups, he writes focused articles on standout performers, such as “A FTSE 100 star stock that’s ‘only getting started’”, explaining a double‑digit one‑day surge and the company announcement behind it. In another article on a FTSE 100 share tipped for a 20% rally to a record high, he centres the story on upside implied by City price targets and the factors supporting that view. His stock‑specific analysis often balances near‑term momentum with longer‑term drivers, setting out why a move has happened and how analysts see the road ahead.

Insider and director deals

Evans writes a regular “Insider” column that concentrates on director share dealings and boardroom transactions, treating them as an additional lens on company prospects. In “Insider: bosses buy this top pick plus firm with robust outlook”, he reports on senior executives increasing their stakes in a favoured company and a business delivering strong organic revenue growth. In “Insider: bosses buy bargain AIM share and booming builder”, he highlights director purchases in both a smaller AIM‑quoted firm and a fast‑growing construction business, even in a quiet week for overall deal activity. Across these pieces he tracks who is buying, at what levels and in what size, and links those trades to themes such as undervaluation, growth and confidence in future performance. The director‑deal focus complements his market coverage by showing how those inside companies are responding to the same conditions investors see on screen.

Analyst calls, sectors and index reshuffles

Analyst research is central to Evans’ reporting, and many of his articles revolve around broker recommendations and sector calls. In “Analyst names top pick in this high-flying sector”, he profiles an industry that has already risen sharply and singles out the stock one City expert would own, explaining the rationale behind the preference. In “A golden age of growth for this defensive sector”, he covers raised price targets and reiterated buy ratings on major UK utilities, quoting arguments that the sector is entering a new phase of expansion. His “The Analyst” pieces look at how investors can use specific products or strategies, for example exploring ways to enhance holdings in a popular Vanguard fund. He also addresses structural market changes, as in “FTSE 100 reshuffle to boost UK tech exposure”, where he reveals which companies could enter or leave the index and what that means for the market’s sector balance. Thematic work such as “Top stocks to insulate your portfolio from AI volatility” applies these analyst insights to portfolio construction, picking names positioned to smooth returns through a disruptive cycle. Together, these stories show Evans using City research and index mechanics to frame investment ideas across sectors, from technology and AI to utilities and other defensive areas.

Across his output at interactive investor, Evans’ long experience in City journalism underpins a consistent style: he reports breaking financial news, daily market moves, broker calls and director dealings in plain language, with concrete numbers and clear explanations. For each piece, whether on a single FTSE 100 share, a cluster of FTSE 350 names, or a sector in focus, he anchors the narrative in what analysts, boards and markets are doing now and what that implies for listed companies.