Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Ryanair has confirmed that the price war being waged by large European airlines ultimately aimed at seeing off small short-haul competitors still has some way to run. That is why, despite a 55% rise...

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Earnings Preview Alphabet will reveal its second-quarter earnings tonight after the close in New York – 21:00 BST Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is expected to...

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), the parent company of Google, reports Q2 earnings after the close on Monday, July 24th.Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), 52-week range: 743.59 - 1,008.61 (as of close Jul 20,...

Ended up being a bit hasty closing those shorts on the FTSE 100 and S&P on Friday as we had a decent dip down in the end for most of the session. General end of week weakness saw the FTSE fail to...

Mainland European stock indices, led by the German DAX, have been hit hard this week. From its high on Thursday, the DAX has fallen some 375 points. Since hitting a record high in June, it has dropped...

The FTSE 100 has enjoyed a strong rise this week, with the index breaking out of its recent narrow trading range to move back above the 7500 level. The gains are due in part to the pound which is...

Stabilisation and expansionOrganic service revenue growth of 2.2% year-on-year is the satisfactory outcome from Vodafone’s first quarter, signifying that remedies for last year’s...

Another day and the FTSE pushed on to test the 7505 level this time before dropping back along with the US on news that the investigation into Donald Trump (the knives are definitely out for him...

Latterly, it’s been a rare quarter indeed that Unilever (LON:ULVR) has failed “against the strategic objectives set out for 2020”, and this isn’t one of them. Organic sales...

The pound is struggling this morning and has dipped below $1.30, even though UK retail sales for June were positive as the hot weather boosted non-food sales including household goods and clothing....

Here's a brief comment on the UK retail sales data released this morning.UK retail sales in June bounced back after showing a month on month increase of 0.6%. The prior print of -1.2% was was also...

For today I am expecting the bulls to hold above the 7410 level and we see a test of the 7474 area. We have the top of the 20 day Raff channel just above this at 7484 as well, so if the bulls do rise...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will announce its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday after the close in New York at 21:00 BST. Microsoft is expected to report adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.70 for...

The FTSE 100 is trading marginally higher so far this morning after shrugging off some early weakness to end Tuesday’s session little changed. It’s a similar story for the pound which is...