Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Markets in Asia have had a positive session, helped by a rebound in Chinese markets, as they return from their week long holiday break. Optimism over some form of mini deal appears to be helping with...

FX Brief: The US Administration added 28 Chinese firms to their blacklist ahead of key trade talks in Washington this week. The Chinese onshore yuan (CNY) firmed slightly after their...

Randall & Quilter (LON:RQIH) – RevisitShare Price 208p Mkt Cap £407m Conflict Disclosure: I Hold Revisit The shares have risen 12% in the last couple of days on no news save a tip in...

Friday’s payrolls report appeared to have something for everyone, an unemployment rate that fell to a new multi-year low of 3.5%, which suggests that the US labour market still remains solid,...

The massive 800 point drop of the DJIA since the start of this quarter has spilled over into Asian and European trading this morning but the FTSE is proving relatively resilient, sliding only 0.28%...

After their worst declines this year with the FTSE100 falling over 3%, its worst one day fall in three years, European markets have opened cautiously higher ahead of what is likely to be some key...

CEO news leaves more questions than answersObviously, Tesco’s key report has been largely eclipsed by news that CEO Dave Lewis will step down next year, earlier than most investors were...

There has been bloodbath on Wall Street. Sentiment turned sour yesterday afternoon and investors have remained in panic mode ever since. The publication of a very poor US manufacturing PMI report was...

The FTSE is under pressure as the market braces for Boris Johnson’s speech at the Conservative Party conference later today with leaked documents showing a tweak to the Irish backstop proposal...

The Ted Baker (LON:TED) share price has been struggling this year, rocked by a profit warnings in both February and June.A combination of fragile consumer climate conditions, aggressive promotions,...

News Randall & Quilter recruits KPMG’s Global Head of insurance restructuring as Chief Restructuring Officer. No doubt tasked to eek some more profits releases from those legacy...

EuropeConcerns about the health of the global manufacturing sector has hit stocks hard today. Traders had gotten used to the idea that manufacturing in Europe is weak, but the disappointing US ISM...

The major equity indices in Europe started today’s session on the backfoot this morning. Was this perhaps because of fund managers rebalancing their portfolios? After all, Q3 ended with a bang...

UK stocks paid out an eye-watering £100 billion in dividends last year, and the bulk of that cash came from the biggest and best known companies in the FTSE 350 - including the banking giant, ...