Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The European Union confirmed it will not extend equivalence for the Swiss stock exchange as of 31 December. Discussions are not ended: the Swiss Federal Council is expected to provide a formal...

The roller coaster ride is set to continue on Wall Street today, with US index futures suggesting a sharp jump at the open off the back of apparent progress in terms of a trade deal between China and...

The meeting in Buenos Aires between US president Trump and his Chinese equivalent Xi was keenly anticipated by the markets and it didn’t fail to disappoint with large moves seen following what...

Can Berkeley Group shake its housebuilder blues following Friday’s half year results?It has been a miserable year for the UK’s housing sector, and Berkeley is no exception. Though it may...

The presidential dinner at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires this weekend between Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping yielded a temporary respite in the trade spat between the two countries as the...

Oil prices and stocks have got off to a flier this week, both surging strongly on the back of the weekend agreement between the US and China to defer any further increases in tariffs, while the...

This year’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires is shaping up to be a key event for the markets. More specifically, the dinner between Presidents Trump and Xi is what matters. With a backdrop of rising...

On the verge of closing the week in positive territory following two negative weeks, European equities are trading in negative territory. Investors hope a deal on the Italian budget is coming, as the...

Asian markets may have crept a little higher in the week’s final session as anticipation that some progress in US-China trade relations may be seen at the G20 summit in Argentina, but this...

The FTSE’s losses doubled as Friday went on, the UK index giving up all the growth managed in the aftermath of Jerome Powell’s surprising dovishness earlier in the week. Dropping 70...

DAX Xetra (cash index)The bulls have failed to take the positives out of the huge Wall Street rally and the resistance of the 11,400/11,460 pivot is proving to be a significant hurdle. Concern grows...

Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA), the world’s largest payment networks, have done a great job for their investors. Both stocks have hugely outperformed the benchmark indexes this year,...

Will the US Federal Reserve Bank ease up on its interest-rate hikes? Yesterday’s speech by Fed chief Jerome Powell seemed to suggest that – and it set markets aflame.Both the Dow Jones...

The transport group has struggled to build up any momentum in 2018. Opening at £1.65, it has spent the year trying, and failing, to get beyond that level, instead spending a good chunk of the...