Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

EuropeThe trade agreement between the US and Canada has lifted global sentiment. The deal was reached before the deadline, and it spurred on traders to snap up stocks. Mexico and the US agreed their...

Even with a blockbuster open from the Dow Jones, the FTSE couldn’t catch the same USCMA-bug as its peers as the day went on. The Dow Jones had something of a tough end to September, an...

The FTSE was the sole major holdout on Monday, the rest of its peers eventually rising following the announcement of the USMCA deal over the weekend.Though still just about in the red, the UK index...

There’s been a bright start to the week for equities, with US futures higher and most of Europe in the green after Friday’s sizable declines. The FTSE 100 is marginally higher and up by...

After a brief but notable shift higher, with the fashion firm hitting a 3 year-plus peak of £32.93 by mid-March, things have been pretty tough for Ted Baker.Sparked by late-March’s full...

Ryanair shares have sold-off severely this morning after the airline confirmed that profit would be 12% below the previous forecast. The group now expects full-year profit to be between €1.1...

The European markets weren’t as receptive to the latest US trade news as their Asian counterparts this Monday.Overnight Japan’s Nikkei hit a 27 year peak, fuelled by reports of a trade...

One way or another, Elon Musk’s war with short-sellers could be nearing some sort of conclusion. Tesla (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:TSLA) shares have been tumbling for some time now, and Wall Street analysts...

The Fed may have raised its GDP projection for 2018, however, bad omens for US growth are starting to mount. The Markit PMI report for September saw a steep decline in the composite index, which fell...

DAX Xetra (cash index)Price action on the DAX is increasingly mixed as a variety of candles over the past week have reflected what is now a conflicted outlook. This comes as there is increased...

The Italian powder kegAlarm bells are ringing in Europe after Italy’s economy minister Giovanni Tria lost the battle trying to keep the country’s budget deficit in check. Instead the...

A rise in Italian bond yields has put major pressure on the FTSE MIB, and other European markets are feeling the pain too. The coalition government has agreed to run a budget deficit of 2.4%, and the...

Will DFS Furniture be able to put its feet up following Thursday’s full year results?Given that it is a retail stock in 2018, you’d expect DFS’ chart to look a lot uglier. But while...

After eventually rallying on Thursday the European markets got stuck in reverse on Friday, in part thanks to the investor-worrying budget deal struck in Italy.The FTSE actually didn’t do too...