Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

It was a timid start to Wednesday’s trading, none of the European indices able to match the pace of gains seen in a record-setting Asian session. Once again the FTSE started the day by trying,...

It seems as if oil supermajor ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) is winning back investor confidence in the wake of the devastating year that was 2020. Its stock has gained more than 50% during the past three...

It was quiet in the markets yesterday as the overall outlook didn’t change.The same stories were circulating, the vaccine roll-outs and the prospect of additional stimulus from the US. Late last...

Over the last 12 months, big pharma has made the headlines more often than usual due to the global pandemic. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) (NASDAQ:AZN) is one of the companies that became a household...

US equities continued their run of recent gains yesterday, rising for the sixth day in succession and posting yet another set of record peaks, while oil prices continued their run higher, rising above...

The latest deal creating a buzz in the cannabis industry is the US$7.2-billion takeover of GW Pharma (NASDAQ:GWPH) by a little-known, Ireland-based company—Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ).The...

Tuesday showed early signs of a post-splurge hangover, the markets at best holding fire following yesterday’s record highs. The FTSE cannot escape the orbit of 6,500. Missing out on the various...

Equities in Europe and the US posted respectable gains yesterday due to hopes the Biden government will have the ability to bypass Republican politicians and introduce the proposed $1.9 trillion...

After spending most of the weekend (jokingly?) extolling the virtues of the meme currency Dogecoin on twitter, the planet’s richest man made more significant crypto-related news this morning...

Friday’s disappointing US jobs report doesn’t appear to have dimmed investor appetite for equities, on the contrary, the fact that the report fell short has raised expectations that...

At the start of a slightly quieter week when it comes to data, the European markets continued to ignore the rampant spread of the various covid variants, instead clinging onto their hopes that Biden...

Reports Q4 2020 results on Tuesday, Feb. 9, after the close Revenue expectation: $1.18 billion EPS expectation: $0.2926 Despite all the wild ups and downs of the past year, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR)...

BPOil major BP PLC (LON:BP) reported earnings on Tuesday where the company announced a $5.7bln loss in 2020. The FTSE 100 component saw its shares open the week at 274.25p which was its highest level....

With President Joseph Biden’s new stimulus package in the final stage of negotiation and the Reddit-inspired stock frenzy subsiding, investors turned their attention back to market fundamentals...