Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Stock market volatility continued overnight with US markets finishing the day stronger. Those gains didn’t look like they were going to last with Asia markets underperforming as investors lost...

The Bank of England surprised the markets by cutting interest rates by 50 basis points, trying to shelter the UK economy from economic damage that could be inflicted by the spread of the...

Having lost confidence in the rebound by the end of Tuesday, the European markets had another go of it on Wednesday morning, boosted by the latest impromptu rate cut from a major central bank. Caught...

Major stock market corrections are often seen as ideal opportunities by long-term investors to snap up shares in solid, high value businesses at rock-bottom prices. The current plunge, triggered by...

As far as European equity markets were concerned, yesterday was a day of two halves.Stocks started out strong on hopes the Trump administration would provide assistance to the US workforce to...

With the whiff of a springy rotting feline seeping into trading rooms, the European markets completely erased their gains on Tuesday. At the very start of the day investors seemed unsure whether to...

It has long been understood that cheap stocks have a tendency to outperform expensive stocks in the stock market. While this is not true every single year, over almost every 3-year cycle in the stock...

The markets didn’t even both with the pretence of a calm start on Friday, bringing another rough week to a close with their latest triple digit decline.At this point, it is hard to come up with...

What started as a fairly calm session unravelled as the day went on, with investors once again gripped by panic about the cost of the coronavirus. The Dow Jones – which is lurching from...

Health fears have ramped up again and traders are running for the hills.Even though governments along with international bodies have pledged huge sums of money to help combat the health crisis,...

The FTSE is crashing lower on Thursday, giving back gains from earlier in the week as coronavirus fears return to haunt the markets. With Italy closing all schools, a state of emergency declared in...

Following another mad surge from the Dow Jones – inspired by Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday win and the announcement of an emergency spending bill by Congress – on Wednesday night, the...

The Kier Group share price is higher on the back of the encouraging first-half numbers. The company confirmed that its statutory operating loss fell to £24.4 million from £32.5 million...

Finding stocks that have both positive share price momentum and improving financial health trends is a great way of finding pockets of quality and momentum in the stock market. A simple and effective...