Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The S&P 500 closed Friday at its lowest level since March 2. Investors were more focused on sharply weakening data from China than on the Asian nation's gestures to resolve the trade dispute.It's...

Wall Street tumbled into the weekend break amidst a raft of concerns ranging from the stock specific level through to the impact the ongoing Transpacific trade war is having on the health of the...

There’s been a fairly subdued start to the week across most asset classes with little seen by the way of major moves. While there is a temptation to see this as a winding down heading into...

Asian shares rose on Monday ahead of the US Federal Reserve Bank and Bank of England monetary policy meetings and China’s Central Economic Work Conference, where 2019 growth targets and policy...

After a pretty turbulent few trading days last week, investors head into the last full trading week of 2018 in a somewhat cautious fashion. Investor’s main concerns remain centred around...

European bourses are set to open higher, after being hit by a bout of risk aversion in the previous week. Global equities were hammered on global growth fears following weak data from China and the...

EuropeConcerns about global growth set in after China revealed some broadly disappointing economic data overnight. The fixed asset investment update topped the forecasts, but the retail sales and...

The European markets attempted to shrink their losses as the day went on, largely thanks to the sorry state of the pound and euro.Though the Dow Jones was in a bad way after the bell, shedding nearly...

It’s been a bit of a mixed week for global stock markets on the whole as early optimism has waned somewhat and whilst UK and European benchmarks are still on track to post gains since Monday...

The European indices couldn’t shake their Friday losses, some nasty data from China overnight and a set of dreadful Eurozone PMIs keeping the region in the red.The FTSE dropped 0.8% to continue...

The Sino-US trade dispute is beginning to translate into real-life numbers and is hitting China’s retail sales and industrial output.The country’s November numbers came in below...

DAX Xetra (cash index)After a rebound earlier in the week, the bulls briefly had a glimmer of hope, but that seems to have quickly been extinguished as the selling pressure seems to be resuming. The...

After the recent Brexit fever, the FTSE was very much in a wait and see mood. Despite a move higher on the open, the index steadily edged lower across the morning, under the pressure of a stronger...

US index futures posted some solid gains overnight, but some of that upside has been eroded early in the European session. Gains are still there, but if downside pressures are sustained across major...