Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Rising yield rates rattle stock marketsBond yields are rising and the stock markets are getting worried. With the US economy powering ahead and the Federal Reserve all but certain to raise interest...

DAX Xetra (cash index)A corrective move in the past week continues to develop as the weight of the overhead medium term downtrend takes hold once more. Since the market found resistance at 12,458 the...

FTSE in cautious modeThe FTSE is tentatively lower thanks to the stronger pound but banks and mining stocks are putting in a good performance. There might be more volatility in store for sterling...

After hitting a fresh record on Wednesday, the Dow closed off its high but stayed in the green for a fifth straight session. Financials led the way as treasury yields soared and interest rate...

Up until very, very recently, the food retailer was having a pretty awful 2018. Opening at an effective all-time high of £14.07, the stock immediately began to fall, a decline that sped up...

If you’re in the market to build a steady flow of income, whether for retirement or for more immediate use, investing in dividend-growth stocks such as McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) or BCE (NYSE:BCE) is...

It was the Italian budget that came to dictate trading on Wednesday, not Theresa May’s conference-closing speech.After some heated exchanges between Italy and the EU over the last few days, it...

The consumer price index (CPI) in Japan rose to 1.3% year-on-year in August, comparing to the 0.9% registered in July and exceeding analysts’ estimates of 1.1%. It was the highest rate since...

EuropeItalian uncertainty is weighing on investors’ minds. The anti-establishment coalition partners in Rome are keen to run a budget deficit of 2.4%, and this would go against Brussels wishes....

Readers of the Stock Market Almanac may know that October is historically one of the most volatile months of the year for shares. The reason - if you believe in seasonal trends - is that many buyers...

SummaryItalian markets have resumed their role as a counterweight to risk appetite. Italy yields alight As suspected, it didn’t take much to ignite the mixture of incendiary rhetoric and...

Petrofac - half year updateFor the first few months of the year Petrofac wasn’t doing anything special. The oilfield services firm largely traded between £8.50 and £9.50 from January...

There’s been some notable selling across European stock markets this morning as fears surrounding Italy’s role within the EU continue to rise after last week’s controversial budget...

Renewed fears about the US-China trade dispute and the state of Italian politics has shaken European equity markets. Now that the US has wrapped up its North American trade deal, it can focus on...