Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Basically back where it started the year, can Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) continue to climb in the right direction following next Thursday’s Q3 statement?So far the Primark-owner has...

The recovery in the stock markets could not last long and by the close of play yesterday all of the earlier gains evaporated. Although equity indices opened higher in Europe this morning, they have...

Stocks are marginally weaker this morning as profit-taking has set in. Yesterday, European equity markets finished on a high note after the US softened its stance regarding international investment....

The FTSE and European share markets were up marginally in early trading this morning with the DAX up 0.14% and the FTSE at +0.06%, this despite some consistent selling of Asian stocks overnight,...

Energy Stocks Lead Global Indices HigherOil charging towards $80 the barrel boosting energy stocks and another twist in the trade war story drove the markets higher on Wednesday. European bourses are...

Though some of the losses eased as the markets approached the day’s mid-point, the trade war backdrop meant that investors weren’t comfortable with taking the European indices any higher....

Obviously the supermarket’s year to date has centred around April’s shock announcement that it would be merging with its Walmart (NYSE:WMT) owned UK peer. Before that Sainsbury’s was...

Starbucks' (NASDAQ:SBUX) five-year winning streak versus McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) just came to an end. The multinational coffee behemoth is seeing the brakes grind to a halt in the current quarter for...

The morning’s positivity managed to carry over into the US session, though the gains were nothing compared to Monday’s losses. The Dow Jones managed to rise 0.3% after the bell, sending...

The single theme dominating the equity market narrative right now is US President Donald Trump's escalating trade war and its two central adversaries, the US and China. Despite repeated selloffs, US...

Market-wise it hasn’t been the most exciting year for the newspaper firm. Opening at 79.2p, it found itself trading at a 6 year-plus low of 65p, before recovering to a 6 month high by the middle...

Stocks in London are looking to recover this morning after the markets made a bad start to the new week with the FTSE dropping to its lowest level in over 8 weeks.Ongoing trade concerns remain a major...

USA President Donald Trump’s careless trade policy is backfiring. Protective duties have unintended consequences: motorcycle-maker and Americana-bastion Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) said in a...

Stocks have recovered today as it appears the US aren’t as gung-ho about starting a trade war with China as initially feared. The mixed messages from Washington DC regarding Chinese investment...