Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

We are expecting the Dow Jones to open 63 points higher at 25,450 and we are calling the S&P 500 up 10 points at 2,736. Stock markets are higher this morning as sentiment is slightly more...

European stocks higherEuropean markets are all looking perky this morning despite a 600-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average late Monday. In London, positive company news from Melrose...

The latest look at the UK labour market has delivered some good news for workers with wages rising faster than forecast even if the unemployment rate did tick higher. Average earnings excluding...

The European markets began to rebound on Tuesday morning, managing to avoid further losses despite a tech wobble that bled from the US session into the Asian overnights. Rising half a percent, the...

EuropeStock markets are in the red heading into the close as political uncertainty is weighing on sentiment. The Italian government are due to send their revised budget proposal to the EU tomorrow,...

The Dow Jones got off to a miserable start on Monday, turning a sulky session into a full-on slump.Continuing to unwind its post-midterms rise, the Dow fell 270 points after the bell, a move that sent...

Will investors find anything to celebrate in Card Factory’s Q3 statement on Wednesday?It has been a truly terrible year for the high street retailer. The stock almost immediately collapsed as...

Miners, oils help FTSE The FTSE is holding up this morning, trading 0.36% higher, unlike its European peers which are on the slide as some of the inflation-induced malaise in the US market is...

It’s been a subdued start to the new week in Asia with the Nikkei and the Hang Seng finishing the day close to where they started. Chinese markets on the other hand posted some decent gains as...

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), the China-based e-commerce giant, has once again put together an impressive show in conjunction with its much-hyped “Singles Day,” shopping festival. The annual event,...

EuropeEquity benchmarks are in the red heading into the close as traders are worried about interest rate hikes from the Fed, and the political situation in Italy. The US central bank announced that...

SummaryThe speed with which the post mid-term global stock market rally crumbled may not bode well for next week. Busted flush Given that most of the triggers were not major surprises, the outsize...

A post-Fed fall from the Dow Jones saw the US index join its European peers in the red. Initially tumbling 200 points, the Dow managed to trim its losses to 150-ish points as the afternoon went on,...

It’s been quite the year for the British institution. Early on things were going very well indeed, the stock finally surpassing the levels struck in the first few months of its market-existence...