Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

“Modesty” goes a long wayA ‘modest’ upgrade it may be, but Next's (LON:NXT) improved assessment of the effectiveness of remediation efforts has gone a long way to repairing...

Next Thursday sees Capita's half year results, what are we in for?While Capita (LON:CPI) can be fairly pleased with its 2017 performance – it’s risen 19% since January, and hit a 9 month,...

The main focus today will be the rate news and if the US can push higher again later to actually test the 2500 level on the S&P. It's so close you would think that the bulls will want to grab...

High St. highs and lowsCyclical by nature, challenging UK retail trends can be sticky, and their pressures uneven. Take Dixons Carphone (LON:DC). Among large high-street names, it has borne the brunt...

What: The German election on 25th September is starting to grab investors’ attention now that it looks increasingly likely that Angela Merkel is set to win her fourth term as a coalition leader....

Can Kier Group (LON:KIE) start to reconstruct its stock price with next Thursday’s full year report?2017 hasn’t been kind to Kier. The first few months of the year were OK, the stock...

FTSEFor today I am thinking a quick rise at the bell to above 7400 (it hasn't sold off majorly overnight) and then a bit of a dip down from there. The bulls have failed to hold above 7400 and break...

What: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has been the weakest performer out of the major US banks this year, however things could be about to change for this Investment bank.Firstly, the recent rise in US...

The pound is rallying against all its major peers this morning after the release of the joint-highest UK CPI reading in four years. The rise in sterling is weighing on blue-chips with the FTSE 100...

Can the Amazon-fearing Ocado deliver the goods with next Tuesday’s third quarter update?There has been a lot for Ocado investors to process this year, explaining the company’s fairly...

FTSEI am expecting a rise and dip today, encountering resistance around the 7465 level where we have a fib level and also R2 for today. The bulls struggled to break the 7440 level yesterday but we...

What: Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a category 1 storm and as it passes over Florida initial estimates of the cost of the damage have also been downgraded. Whereas initial fears were that this...

One of the main drivers of the stock market rally in the US since last November has been the technology sector, where we’ve seen the S&P 500 technology index rise from lows of $771 to be...

The FTSE 100 has begun the week in a bullish mood with the benchmark rising some 45 points to trade close to its one-month high. The pound is showing little direction on the whole, at the start of...