Stock Market Analysis & Comment

After the recent Brexit fever, the FTSE was very much in a wait and see mood. Despite a move higher on the open, the index steadily edged lower across the morning, under the pressure of a stronger...

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC's Mad Money, thinks “Facebook stock is ready to bottom; maybe it already has." His reasons? Retailers are all talking about boosting online advertising, he says, and...

US index futures posted some solid gains overnight, but some of that upside has been eroded early in the European session. Gains are still there, but if downside pressures are sustained across major...

DAX Xetra (cash index) A recovery in the past few sessions has unwound some of the recent oversold position, but is the move anything more than just another chance to sell? The risk appetite around...

TUI shares are in demand this morning after the group reported a very respectable set of full-year figures. Revenue rose by 6.3% and underlying earnings ticked up by 10.9% - topping forecasts. The...

Theresa May survived a coup from her Eurosceptic Conservative Ministers, winning 200 votes to 117. The pound had rallied across the previous session in anticipation of her win. However, the numbers...

While Theresa May has survived the vote of no confidence, the manner of the victory was unconvincing with the initial result showing that even though 200 Tory MPs voted in her favour there were 117...

It seems that the US is taking one step back from its hard policy on China – or maybe it is just the US President – with softer comments about Huawei’s CFO who was recently arrested...

The Dow traded in a 500 point range through yesterday’s session and the turbulence looks set to continue, with index futures suggesting we’ll see some meaningful gains at the opening...

Following Prime Minister Theresa May's postponement of the final vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday, rebel members of the Tory party have now decided to challenge her leadership. The rebels have the...

Hopes of a resolution to the US-China trade dispute appear brighter. US President Donald Trump's recent comment that talks with his Chinese counterparts are very productive, and the release of Huawei...

It hasn’t been a great year for the courier service. After shooting to an all-time high of $274.47 by mid-January, the stock has struggled, every attempt at a rally just as quickly reversed. And...

DAX Xetra (cash index) There has been a mild improvement in risk appetite in the past 24 hours that has allowed the DAX to form a recovery of sorts, but how long it lasts for is another issue. The...

After watching its market cap steadily erode over the past year and a half, Altria Group (NYSE:MO), the owner of Marlboro cigarettes among other globally recognized tobacco brands, is at long last...