Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Investor optimism has continued to grow over the past week or so that China and the US will be able to arrive at a compromise that will avert an escalation to the current disagreements over trade...

It will be 'difficult' for the Sainsbury’s-Asda deal to come back from this.‘Provisional’ looks finalThe competition regulator was at pains to stress its ‘provisional’...

Shaking off its lunchtime slowdown, the FTSE got its swagger back on Wednesday afternoon, while the Dow Jones did absolutely nothing. Holding out for more details on the latest US-China trade talks,...

FTSE higher on China-US talk reprieveThe FTSE and most European gauges are firming up this morning, helped by a good session in Asia and a positive close on Wall Street Tuesday. President Trump seems...

Over the last 10 years, Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) has worked hard to rebuild its reputation as a low-risk income stock.In this piece, I’ll give my verdict on today’s 2018 results and...

Sainsbury’s CMA-kicking, and a reversal from Glencore (LON:GLEN), chipped away at the FTSE’s early gains on Wednesday.The orange supermarket (LON:SBRY) saw its losses widen to 16.5%, oddly...

After yesterday’s uninspiring session on Wall Street, sentiments aren’t exactly improving as the week unfolds. That’s despite the ongoing expectation of a dovish tone being set in...

Despite a CMA slap in the face for Sainsbury’s and Asda, the FTSE managed to re-cross 7200 on the back of some decent updates elsewhere.In an announcement that, when you give it even a...

DAX Xetra (cash index)The bulls are pulling the DAX higher through resistance, but breakout confirmation still needs to be seen. An early February rally high at 11,371 has been breached on an intraday...

Last night’s comments from US President Trump that he was open to allowing the March 1st deadline on China, US trade tariff increases to being pushed back, resulted in US markets just about...

HSBC’s best cost conditions may now have passed. HSBC (LON:HSBA) shares have dropped as much as 4.6% on Tuesday, the most in almost two-years to the day, echoing the market’s reaction to...

HSBC Holdings (LON:HSBA), Europe’s largest bank, reported annual profits of $12.6 billion for full year 2018, falling short of the $13.7 billion estimate by 8%. Shares have plunged almost 4% in...

In a 2018 that saw the stock on the back foot from the very beginning, Intu saved almost all of its intrigue for the near 2 month period between the start of October and end of November. Reports of a...

Shareholders in Asia-focused bank HSBC Holdings (LSE: LON:HSBA) tend to buy the shares for their reliable dividend income.However, the HSBC share price dipped on Tuesday morning after the FTSE 100...