Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

FTSEFor today I think we might get an initial move up, but I am positioning for a bear Tuesday by shorting at the resistance level at 7335. I have put in the trade plan two shorts - you can either...

Another day at the officeMonday was another day at the office for Germany’s underperforming large caps too, including Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn), after the conservatives won elections with the...

What: The German election may have had a muted impact on the markets even if it failed to deliver Angela Merkel the share of the vote that she had wanted, and the rise of the AfD Far Right party...

It’s hard not to be impressed by Purplebricks’ 2017 rise. Following on from its interim results-inspired surge at the end of 2016, the stock jumped from a starting price of £1.42 to...

The main news over the weekend was of course the German election, with Merkel winning her fourth term, albeit with a smaller share of the vote. In echoes of the results in the UK, the previous...

With US stock markets repeatedly hitting new all-time highs and volatility being suppressed to new record lows, I can’t help but feel investors are becoming unjustifiably complacent.Valuations...

Will Hotel Chocolat’s annual results leave a bitter aftertaste next Wednesday?The chocolatier has had quite the time of it since floating last May. Bar a few dips, in the 12 months followings...

Not a lot happened this afternoon – not even a new record high for the Dow Jones, which had gradually become a regular fixture in the last fortnight. Instead the Dow dipped 30 points after the...

Germans will go to the polls this Sunday and Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win her fourth term in power. Her CDU party is not likely to win an outright majority. Since the Second...

Stocks in Europe are in positive territory, taking their cues from the US trading session last night on the back of the positive Federal Reserve update. The US central bank was upbeat in its outlook...

Earlier this year Italy’s largest bank Unicredit (LON:0RLS) undertook a €13bn capital raising which it assured investors would be used to boost its capital position. The money raised was...

FTSEFor today I am thinking that we will get a dip and rise, probably hitting the support area around 7230/7240 and then another try to break the 7300 level. The UK market will be looking to work out...

Cracks showingKingfisher's (LON:KGF) heavily de-rated and increasingly shorted shares have spiked higher on a thin beat relative to expectations and its announcement of a share buyback programme. We...

Cybersecurity continues to be a hot topic as evidence grows that geopolitical disagreements will be settled online rather than the battlefield. In addition to nations, companies and individual...