Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

After a relatively composed start to the session, the European losses started to accelerate on Tuesday, with a pessimistic US open in sight.Initially it looked like the FTSE was going to be able to...

After months of waiting Donald Trump finally dropped a hint suggesting that Chinese negotiators have been dragging their feet in meeting US demands.On Saturday, the US president threatened to enforce...

A summary of the weekly Commitment of Traders Report (COT) from CFTC to show market positioning among large speculators.Traders were their most bullish on USD since December 2015, at $34.9bn ($39.6bn...

Shares in the infrastructure investor John Laing have been on a strong run in 2019, helped by some solid earnings forecast upgrades from analysts. The the question now for investors is whether that...

In investing, knowing which numbers you should pay attention to and which you should discard is half the battle. Honing in on the measures that tell us what’s really going on can save us a lot...

Anybody who has watched Indiana Jones or Monty Python will know to beware holy grail-based quests. But what if we said that there was not only a holy grail in equity investing, but that the famed...

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 Ted Baker...

Whitbread (LON:WTB) is a large cap hotel and bar operator that runs the Premier Inn brand of budget hotels.For the fiscal year ended 28 February 2019, Whitbread plc revenues increased 2% to...

Q1 could scarcely have gone better - in AsiaWhilst HSBC (LON:HSBA) shares still show the ravages of investor disdain stemming from a dire 2018, Friday is their best day since January, with a 3% rise...

There is some evidence that buying progressive dividend payers with solid balance sheets is a strategy well-rewarded by the market. After all, who doesn’t like a steady stream of predictable...

Stockopedia’s ‘High Flyers’ are the stock market superstars. These companies tend to be the ones that fund managers jostle and barter over. They are high quality, growing stocks with...

In the 4th edition of his groundbreaking investment research tome What Works on Wall St, JIm O’Shaughnessy showed that composite value factors based on a mix of metrics dramatically beat the...

We all like the idea of finding the best quality companies possible. These multi-bagger stocks resist competitive threats and generate breathtaking profits. They compound investment returns at...

As investors, we want to invest in the best and avoid those heading for trouble, but it's hard to keep tabs on hundreds of companies. That's a lot of noise and we've all got lives to lead. Even though...