Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Halloween is behind us. Which offers me the possibility to not talk about dominant central banks, for once. Even though, we now know who the new Fed chair will be and that rates are going up again in...

Though it may have hit a fresh record peak of £19.52 towards the end of October, Burberry has had a hell of a time getting there. After rising from an opening price of £14.99 to...

European equity markets are slightly in the red as traders lock in their profits from last week’s broadly positive move. The DAX and the CAC 40 saw fresh record highs last week, while the FTSE...

A number of positive news of a fundamental nature helped the major US stock indices last week to reach new absolute highs.In addition to continuing to receive positive reports from a number of large...

DAX futures (Dec 2017 contract is FDXZ7, continuation contract is FDXc1)Despite a consolidation on the DAX yesterday and the prospect of Non-farm Payrolls today, DAX futures have again pushed higher...

The supermarket spent much of the first half of the year trading between £2.55 and £2.70, eventually climbing to a near 13 month high of £2.80 by the end of May. Since then, however,...

M&S has been on a proverbial roller coaster in 2017. After moving laterally for the first few months of the year the stock shot up across April and May, eventually hitting a 12 month high of...

It's all going to get lively at 12pm as the BoE announce the rate decision. We also have Trump confirming the Fed chair at 7pm. After the rate news from he BoE we have the inflation report and we may...

The Federal Reserve held rates steady this month, as the market had expected, however, they continue to prep the market for further rate hikes, including a hike in December. This is roughly in line...

Poor relationRightly or wrongly, investors tend to treat Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) as the poor relation of HSBC (LON:HSBA), the other overseas-facing big bank listed in London. Nevertheless, a...

Next (LON:NXT) guidance is becoming almost as volatile as the ‘fast-fashion’ trends Britain’s No.1 clothier is pedalling furiously to catch up with. Weather again The more optimistic...

Can Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) avoid the retail sector’s current pitfalls with next Tuesday’s annual results?After a rocky 2016, which bled into the first few months of 2017, the...

As U.S. and European banks wind up another mixed earnings season, investors are looking east for more sure footed growth among global lenders.Mixed growth in U.S. and Europe For the world’s...

DAX futures (Dec 2017 contract is FDXZ7, continuation contract is FDXc1)Having broken sharply to new high ground in the wake of the ECB decision the DAX bulls retain full control. The sharp opening...