Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

EuropeThe FTSE 100 is in the red heading into the close as it is enduring a broad based sell-off. Financials, commodity stocks and house builders are all in the red, as disappointing corporate updates...

News flow was working against the FTSE on Thursday as the house builders and Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) dragged the index lower. A warning on margins from Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) and news that the Sainsbury-...

Though it couldn’t completely shake off its losses, the FTSE was in better shape than immediately after the bell. Slipping 20 or so points, less than half of its opening decline, the UK index...

What was meant to be a supermarket sweep turned into a clean-up in aisle three for Sainsbury’s, the firm’s sector-dominating ambitions dealt a fatal blow by the CMA. Having climbed towards...

Shares in JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are currently trading just off a 52 week high, with the share price up by around 4.61% to 600p over the past week. On a one-month basis, the JD Sports price has...

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 BP (LON:BP).Given the...

Shares in Rightmove are currently trading close to a 52 week high, with the share price up by around 1.65% to 550.5p over the past week. On a one-month basis, the Rightmove price has risen by 9.01%....

When the going gets tough, dividends get cut. Given today's volatile market conditions, mature economic cycle, and historically high dividend yields that are often inadequately covered by earnings, it...

In 2009, Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) strategy analyst, Graham Secker, used the Z-score to rank a basket of European companies. He found that the companies with weaker balance sheets underperformed the...

Some stocks excite investors by talking up future growth prospects, while others point to heavily-adjusted vanity metrics.Honing in on the data that tell us what’s really going on can save us a...

The share price of software solutions provider Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) has got off to a strong start in 2019, up 43% in the year to date. Having settled in at around the 1900p level, the...

There's an exclusive group of stocks that most investors would love to own. These companies have stellar track records, sparkling reputations and the ability to deliver stunning returns over long...

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...

Housebuilder Persimmon (LON:PSN) has been a standout stock market performer over the past few years, as has the housebuilding sector in general. The group's shares have staged a remarkable comeback...