Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Stocks are lower today in light of the Federal Reserve interest-rate hike and hawkish message last night, and investors are cautious of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting today. Dealers are...

A very ropey start had taken the house builder from a then all-time high of £42.07 to lows of £37 by the end of March. However, since April began the stock has been on a rise that only...

DAX Xetra (cash index)Uncertainty surrounding the near term outlook for the DAX continues to develop as the market continues to range over the past couple of weeks. The range between the support range...

The FTSE 100 is still finding resistance above 7750, yesterday the index rallied to 7746 then pulled back. Sentiment, as indicated by my sentiment indicator, is bearish. When sentiment is bearish the...

Last night’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise rates for the second time this year, and the seventh time since the financial crisis wasn’t unexpected, it had been well telegraphed...

Somewhat predictably the markets began to flatten out on Wednesday afternoon, investors prepping for the evening’s Federal Reserve meeting. The Dow Jones ended up opening unchanged at 25320, a...

Can Ferguson – formerly Wolseley (LON:FERG) – hold at its all-time highs following next Tuesday’s Q3 results?After a bit of a rocky start the buildings material distributor has been...

European equity markets are quiet this morning due to a lack of major macroeconomic news. Volatility is likely to be low as traders await the US Federal Reserve meeting this evening. Glencore...

Will investors be willing to lock-up their money in Safestore Holdings following Thursday’s half year results?The FTSE 250 stock has had a fantastic 18 months. After shooting up from £3.45...

Stocks mixed post Donald-Kim meetingStock markets are mixed this morning after US president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The historic meeting could pave the way for North...

The FTSE opened higher but quickly started losing ground in early trade with Admiral Group (LON:ADML), Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) and Anglo American LON:AAL) leading the way lower. In contrast,...

Traders moved on from the tense G7 Summit with surprising ease on Monday, as attention swiftly turned to the US – North Korea Summit, which started overnight. Despite the prospect of worsening...

The FTSE closed in positive territory Monday, up 0.88%, and US stock-market indexes were trading tentatively higher at the time of the London close recovering from the fiasco that followed this...

After a strong 2017, the house builder had a miserable start to 2018, finding itself below £30 and at a 9 month nadir of £29.35 by late March. But since then it had started to recover,...