Stock Market Analysis & Comment

DAX Xetra (cash index) Other equity markets have been busy breaking out, however despite the huge bull candle on Friday, the DAX remains in the confines of what is now a four week range. A huge...

The European indices continued to drift lower on Monday, despite the world markets as a whole hitting a 2019 high. Ducking under 7220, the FTSE fell 0.3%, the index responding to losses in its...

After a rocky 2018, one which saw the stock’s spring/summer gains undone by an awful October, the global hotel firm has been following the FTSE higher in 2019. Starting at £41.86,...

Once a popular trade among investors wanting to turn a quick buck, last year, with Canada's legalization of recreational marijuana in October, pot stocks gained legitimacy. So much so that it might be...

European markets continued their run of gains last week, with the FTSE 100 hitting its highest levels since October, despite rising evidence of a deteriorating economic outlook. These worries about...

Despite oil hitting a 3-month high, and the lingering tang of trade talks optimism, the markets weren’t too keen to get back to work on Monday. The FTSE was the laziest of the European indices,...

The mood for US equities has darkened noticeably in the last 24 hours. Yesterday’s shock retail sales figure rattled Wall Street and the tone certainly hasn’t improved since then, with...

Stock markets are a mixed bag this morning in the wake of the sell-off in Asia overnight. The disappointing US retail sales numbers yesterday rattled Asian investors as the announcement suggests the...

Proving that it is perhaps also misguided to put your hopes in Donald Trump, the European markets were sleepy on Friday following a tumultuous night of US politics. Giving with one hand but taking...

RBS (LON:RBS) posted solid full-year figures. Operating profit before tax was £3.35 billion. Operating profit before tax for the fourth-quarter was £572 million, which topped the estimate...

General Electric (NYSE:GE) just wrapped up a year investors won’t forget. The maker of lightbulbs, power turbines and aircraft engines lost more than half of its market value in 2018 on concerns...

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) may have taken a hit from being left out of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) new video service, falling 2.3% yesterday, but we're not convinced this can change the fundamental picture....

The optimism on Wall Street seems to be running thin on the ground, despite reports emerging that Donald Trump is considering pushing back the March 2nd tariff increases on Chinese imports by as much...

Following a disastrous 2017, 2018 ended up – market-wise, at least – being something of a non-event for the British Gas-parent. Opening at £1.38 and closing at £1.35, it spent...