Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The DAX is in focus this morning after possible coalition talks in Germany breakdown as the Free Democratic Party walked out of the discussions. This leaves Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic...

Indices pare strong gainsUS investors appeared to find their mojo again on Thursday but that may not last long, with futures currently in the red and markets in Europe on course for a second...

Can Mothercare find a way to stop its stocks from wailing with next Thursday’s interim results?The company won’t be winning any Mother of the Year awards in 2017. For the first few months...

Equity markets in Europe are in the red as yesterday’s buying spurt didn’t last. If the stocks can’t swing back into positive territory, traders might start to suspect that we are at...

What is NMC?More to the point, why is NMC Health Plc (LON:NMC) little known in the UK outside of The City, the best performing FTSE 100 share this year, up almost 80%? In many ways, NMC is typical of...

EuropeStocks markets in Europe are higher today as the bargain hunters move in. For now the selling pressure has cooled, but traders are still cautious after the market endured several days of selling...

After a truly horrible couple of years, Thomas Cook seems to have got back on track in 2017. It admittedly spent the first half of the year trading fairly laterally, moving between 85p and 95p;...

The most recent SEC Form 13F, which requires investment managers to disclose their holdings, has shown that Warren Buffet has reduced his IBM (NYSE:IBM) positions. Then amid the news, the share price...

Can Peppa Pig-producer Entertainment One keep investors interested with next Tuesday’s half year results?After trading between £2.20 and £2.50 for much of the first 8 months of the...

Barratt Developments' (LON:BDEV) “strong start to the financial year” is ‘getting a fair enough, but no cigar’ response from the market.Development pace steady The stock has...

Was a fairly decent day yesterday in terms of the orders, though with the weakness gold recovered after our initial short and pushed above the 1280 level. US markets fell initially on news that the US...

Cash and earnings surpriseVodafone’s history of less than perfect execution is longer than its run of upside surprises, so shareholders are offering fulsome applause to unexpected profit and...

European equity markets are slightly in positive territory as investors engaging in a bit of bargain hunting after the recent declines. Vodafone (LON:VOD) shares are up 4.7% today after the company...

DAX futures (Dec 2017 contract is FDXZ7, continuation contract is FDXc1)The sell-off continued during yesterday’s session but there are increasing signs of support having now been formed. Is the...