Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Pharma news leads FTSE higherThe FTSE has started the day on the front foot, helped by a rally in pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK) and a temporary absence of negative Brexit news. US futures...

The crash seen in the price of crude oil over the past few months has arguably been the biggest story of the year, with the market tumbling by more than a third since the start of October....

Despite chances of a ‘dovish’ hike, there are sound reasons to fade stock market bounces ahead of Wednesday’s Fed statement.Auto sector slowsAs prospects for a typical ‘Santa...

FTSE lower as oil sinksA stronger pound, weak commodity prices and National Grid weighed on the FTSE, keeping the index in the red across the day. Even Wall Street rebounding from yesterday’s...

While its European peers managed to turn things around as Tuesday went on, the FTSE stubbornly remained in the red.Blame it on the commodities. With Brent Crude under $58.30 per barrel after dropping...

A cereal killer has been let loose on the US stock in 2018. Opening at $59.60, it has had an absolute nightmare, and now sits at a current trading price of $36.74. That’s a 38% slump in just shy...

Compared to previous years, 2017 was a fairly steady one for the UK banking sector despite rising concerns about a rise in consumer credit, the effect of low interest rates, as well as the emergence...

The pressure on the retail sector has been a consistent staple for investors since the end of the financial crisis, partly as a result of changing shopping habits but also down to rising costs and...

US stocks at their lowest levels in 14 months, and Asia stocks also sliding sharply and it would appear that for all the hopes of a Santa rally investors appear to have more of a case of the Christmas...

DAX Xetra (cash index)DAX rallies are a chance to sell as the technical outlook remains corrective and points towards a retest of recent lows. The overhead supply around 11,000 seems to have put paid...

A strategy is an approach or a plan which can be used to maximise gains whilst keeping losses to a minimum and adhering to strict risk management rules which potentially achieve long-term aims.One...

Big sell off in US spills into Asia, EuropeThere’s a great deal of red in the stock markets this morning as the US markets set a trend that has now been echoed by Asia overnight.FTSE down,...

Wall Street tanked overnight, with the S&P 500 touching 14-month lows, as investors fret over the health of the economy and the next steps by the Fed. The Fed are due to make their monetary policy...

Retailer Rout Drags FTSE 1% lowerThe FTSE plummeted over 1% as a rout in retailers overshadowed strength in the miners. Wall Street diving on the open and a stronger pound weighed further on the FTSE...