Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

For a while there the high street staple was bucking the sector trend, rising from an opening price of £48.35 to a 16 month peak of £62 during June. Yet since the end of July the stock has...

The European rebound really gathered pace on Monday, with investors seemingly choosing to focus on the positives, especially in regard to the Eurozone.While news that Angela Merkel will not stand for...

After another week of big falls in the US, Asia markets have struggled for direction with Chinese shares once again having a difficult session, after industrial profits slowed for the fifth month in a...

The European markets blossomed as Monday got underway, despite a rather disappointing overnight session from Asia (and China especially).On the day of the final ever pre-Brexit Budget – a fact...

Market Sentiment Remains Fragile Ahead of a Busy Week After a volatile week of trading across the globe, there is still plenty to keep investors on edge this week. The focus will gravitate towards...

Global stock markets had a terrible time last week as investor sentiment continued to sour. Concerns about higher interest rates in the US, along with political uncertainty in Italy as well as...

While it initially appeared like a slightly better than forecast US GDP reading was going to ease the day’s losses, a tech-slide – in part prompted by Thursday’s disappointing...

EuropeStocks are firmly in the red heading into the weekend. It has been a brutal week for the markets as the global equity rout has shattered investor confidence. Concerns about higher interest rates...

Strong results boost Wall Street only temporarilyAs Wall Street works its way through about 150 earnings releases this week the overall picture emerging is still one of flourishing demand and a strong...

Given the ongoing market troubles – troubles that have hurt the FANG stocks in particular – the iPhone purveyor can be pretty pleased with itself. Rising from an opening price of $169.53,...

Poorly received earnings from Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) soured the mood on what had been a rebounding US session last night, with that latest bout of bearishness filtering its...

The U.S. stock market is experiencing high volatility with major movement over the third quarter of this earnings reports.Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) the second and third biggest...

EuropeStocks are in positive territory heading into the close as some market confidence has been restored. The FTSE 100 and DAX 30 have underperformed, when compared with the CAC 40 and the FTSE MIB....

A strong US open – we’ll see of that lasts – helped the European indices build on their midday gains, with the FTSE continuing to lag behind its peers. The Dow Jones jumped around...