Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Deciding to take a positive view of the day’s dreadful PMIs, while also benefiting from a statement by the G7, the markets rebounded hard on Tuesday. The G7’s financial ministers and...

Let’s start with a quick quiz. What do toilet paper and marijuana have in common?It turns out, in a crisis, people want to hoard both. Yes, as the economy crashes, pot stocks — at least a...

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis. ' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the...

As my colleague Joe Perry noted in his Week Ahead report, traders this week should “expect cases of coronavirus to increase and government interventions to continue. We’re in the early...

Though the European indices eased slightly as lunchtime approached, the prospect of another rough US session could mean a return to those intraday lows. The FTSE trimmed its losses from 5% to 3.8% as...

The FTSE is trading lower and US futures are pointing to a weaker opening in the face of the inexorable corona spread on both continents. With the US now rising to the third highest place in terms of...

Europe’s meagre rebound managed at the end of last week was quickly wiped out come Monday morning, as investors woke up to partisan deadlock over the proposed US stimulus plan. Arguing, in the...

Investors should brace for another volatile trading week in the U.S. Coronavirus continues to spread, the administration races to mitigate the economic fallout from the deadly pandemic, and markets...

Wetherspoon’s share price has jumped this morning after the company posted its first-half numbers.The pub group had a respectable performance for the six-month period. Before exceptional items,...

European markets look set to follow Wall Street and Asia higher, as the risk tone in the market has improved slightly after another volatile week. The dollar is pausing for breath after its 8 day...

Calmed somewhat by the actions of the ECB and Bank of England on Thursday, Europe looked to keep the rebound going on Friday with a fresh round of growth. Up 4.8% after the bell, the FTSE found itself...

It looks a little brighter out there in markets on Friday. Things started to stabilise on Thursday with the dollar slipping back from a gargantuan week of gains and Wall Street finishing with narrow...

The S&P 500’s 30% plunge in the past month, the fastest in the stock market history, has created buying opportunities for both retail and wealthy investors.Some of the world’s...

In one of the comparatively more stable sessions we’ve seen of late, a double-hit of ECB/Bank of England stimulus produced something calm-adjacent on Thursday. Following on from Christine...