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Image source: Getty Images It’s been a torrid few years for shareholders of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LSE: ONT). Since the biotech company listed on the UK stock market in late 2021, its share price has crashed by more than 80%. This is sad to see as the FTSE 250 firm’s founders had ambitions to build a homegrown British giant in the healthcare space. The sharp fall means Oxford Nanopore’s market cap now stands at just under £1bn — hardly the status of a giant! Acquisition target For those unfamiliar, Oxford...

Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 is a rich hunting ground for elite UK shares. Conceived in Thatcher’s Britain, it quickly became the country’s leading stock market indicator. Today, it’s easy to gain broad FTSE 100 exposure via low-cost index funds. But how has the Footsie performed compared to the S&P 500 recently? Should investors consider looking for individual stocks with the potential to outpace Britain’s premier benchmark? Let’s explore. Index returns 14 May 2019 was a big date for index investors. On this day, asset management giant Vanguard...