Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The FTSE 100 has gotten off to a soft start to the new week with the index trading lower by around 25 points at the time of writing. The pound is fairly mixed on the whole with an early foray higher...

European equities are in the red as trade tensions persist. Global trading relations are still strained, and while the discontent continues, stocks are likely to remain under pressure.Ryanair...

After a truly awful couple of years, which saw the stock fall from highs of £15 in early 2015 to lows of £5.50 at the start of 2017, the former Financial Times-owner has picked up somewhat...

As ever Donald Trump set the tone for what would have otherwise been a quiet start to the week on Sunday night, an all-caps rant from the unhinged President forcing the markets lower.Following on from...

DAX Xetra (cash index)An acceleration of the selling pressure on Friday has seriously questioned the prospects of a recovery in the DAX. Previously, the pivot around 12,600 has been a key gauge and...

After a slump lasting more than four years, the share price of supermarket group J Sainsbury (OTC:JSAIY) has finally come to life.The first six months of this year saw Sainsbury’s share price...

SummaryStock markets are recovering from China’s shot across Washington’s bows with the yuan. Yuan bounces, unlike a rock The yuan’s 13-month low offers the Trump-distracted dollar...

The markets began to struggle as lunchtime approached, Donald Trump heightening his trade war rhetoric in an interview with CNBC.The President said he is ‘ready to go to 500’ – a...

Wall Street was already 100 points off when Trump suggested that the Fed shouldn’t be raising rates and whilst the Dow bounced marginally as the dollar receded, this wasn’t enough to stop...

The S&P 500 may have made a fresh 4-month high this week, but we have seen more tentative moves from investors – one day up, one day down. The daily price moves remain small, which is why...

SummaryWill anything curb investor enthusiasm for U.S. growth and momentum shares? Bullish factors So far, faster Fed tightening hasn’t. Rising trade tensions haven’t either. Growth...

The Dow Jones’ winning streak appeared to come to an end on Thursday, with the US index dropping 120 points after the bell rang on Wall Street.That decline, at least in part informed by Donald...

When it comes to finding income plays for my portfolio, property is one of my favourite sectors to explore.The great thing about property stocks is that they are hands off. Managers do all the hard...

After publishing its preliminary results for the for the year ended 31 March this morning, shares in advanced materials firm Versarien (LON:VRS) immediately slumped 15% as investors digested the...