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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust news analysis
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE: SMT) is in the FTSE 100. 10 of the last 21 days had relevant coverage.
Latest: Tuesday 20 October 2026
0.0 from 1 relevant story. Coverage was limited to a routine net asset value announcement, which is purely factual and gives no clear lean either way.
Tone over time
Coverage of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust held broadly steady between 30 September 2026 and 20 October 2026
Daily news tone, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). Gaps are days with no relevant stories.
Tone fell 100% from 1 to 0 between 30 Sep and 20 Oct. Its high was 10 in 7 Oct.
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9 days of 10 had fewer than 3 relevant stories, so those points are thin evidence. Numbered markers are the days with the strongest single headline (key below). This is the tone of coverage, not a share price.Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Tone |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep | 1 |
| 1 Oct | – |
| 2 Oct | – |
| 3 Oct | 1 |
| 4 Oct | – |
| 5 Oct | – |
| 6 Oct | 9 |
| 7 Oct | 10 |
| 8 Oct | – |
| 9 Oct | 1 |
| 10 Oct | – |
| 11 Oct | 10 |
| 12 Oct | – |
| 13 Oct | – |
| 14 Oct | 4 |
| 15 Oct | 1 |
| 16 Oct | – |
| 17 Oct | 3 |
| 18 Oct | – |
| 19 Oct | – |
| 20 Oct | 0 |
Day by day
| Day | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20 October 2026 | 0.0 | 1 | Coverage was limited to a routine net asset value announcement, which is purely factual and gives no clear lean either way. |
| Monday 19 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Sunday 18 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Saturday 17 October 2026 | +2.5 | 2 | Coverage of the trust was limited to an investor analysis piece, published twice, titled 'the dragon's in the detail'. |
| Friday 16 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Thursday 15 October 2026 | +0.8 | 1 | Coverage was thin, with the only relevant story comparing how Monks and Scottish Mortgage approach the AI boom. |
| Wednesday 14 October 2026 | +4.0 | 2 | Coverage centred on the trust buying back 750,000 shares into treasury and a feature naming it as an investment trust to consider for a Stocks and Shares ISA. |
| Tuesday 13 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Monday 12 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Sunday 11 October 2026 | +10.0 | 3 | Coverage centred on Scottish Mortgage shares reaching new all-time highs and rising 38% this year. |
| Saturday 10 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Friday 9 October 2026 | +1.3 | 1 | Coverage was limited to a manager's comment that avoiding Chinese stocks does not remove China risk. |
| Thursday 8 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Wednesday 7 October 2026 | +10.0 | 1 | Coverage focused on Scottish Mortgage's share price climbing to a record high, which is clearly good news for the trust. |
| Tuesday 6 October 2026 | +9.2 | 2 | Coverage centred on Scottish Mortgage shares hitting a new high, which leans positive. |
| Monday 5 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Sunday 4 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Saturday 3 October 2026 | +0.8 | 2 | Coverage was mainly a question-and-answer write-up from the trust's digital conference, which was factual in tone. |
| Friday 2 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Thursday 1 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Wednesday 30 September 2026 | +1.0 | 2 | Coverage was mainly about the trust cutting its China exposure to 11% amid geopolitical risks. |
Sector: Investment trusts