Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The Dow Jones’ inability to avoid another round of losses kept the European indices firmly in the red, though the FTSE did manage to keep away from the morning’s lows.Dropping more than...

Deep disappointment lingers in the last full session before holidays for many market participants.When “some” is too muchSimilar fractals are etched into all major European and North...

Though still bad, there was a definite improvement in the fortunes of the European indices as Thursday went on.The FTSE saw the largest turnaround. At points after the bell down 2%, striking a 28...

Yesterday’s A-list announcement for financial markets was the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy meeting of the year and the Central Bank certainly didn’t fail to deliver as far...

The latest read on consumer spending has shown a marked improvement with UK retail sales for November jumping far more than expected. A M/M figure of +1.4% was well above the +0.3% expected and the...

The food retail sector has undergone a tough few years in recent times as hard pressed consumers turned to lower cost retailers and new kids on the block of Aldi and Lidl who have seen their combined...

The news that the EU and Italy reached an agreement over the budget lifted investment sentiment in Italy and around the eurozone yesterday. The coalition government in Rome was originally pushing for...

Stocks on Wall Street plummeted to a 15-month low overnight as Fed Chair Jerome Powell failed to soothe the jittery markets. The risk off mood continued into Asia and European bourses are pointing to...

There was no pre-Fed reticence on behalf of the Dow Jones – not yet, anyway – with the index attempting to mount a rebound. Borrowing some energy from the European markets, which spent...

A more convincing patina of positive sentiment in Europe with help from Italy.Spread goes seasonalWith Italy’s stock market out in front, at least some of the lift is attributable to the latest...

With the US stock markets on course to record their worst performance for a December since 1931 during the Great Depression, Donald Trump some investors are undoubtedly feeling cautiously optimistic...

Confirmation of a deal between Italy and EU instilled a modicum of Christmas cheer in the markets as Wednesday went on.Having been flat at the open, the DAX and CAC rose 0.6% and 0.4% respectively,...

The pharma-firm has been on quite the journey in 2018. Opening at $73.89, a long first-half decline left it (briefly) trading below $60 in late June and early July, a price it hadn’t seen for...

After two days of significant declines, Wall Street stabilised during Tuesday’s session, allowing major indices to tack on modest gains. Hopes of a dovish tone from the Federal Reserve tonight...