Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Today's HighlightsPlay that Same Old Record The Fed March is on Buck Gets a Boost Please note: All data, figures and graphs are valid as of February 28th. All trading carries risk. Only risk capital...

FTSE 100 Support 7263 7262 7246 7238 7243 7200 7192 7173FTSE 100 Resistance 7293 7307 7324 7327 7350 7394Well Friday certainly kicked the volatility into life with a drop down from 7270 to 7190 and...

Barclays (LON:BARC) is rightly taking the cautious path, despite one of the smoother sets of European banking results of 2016 in the sector’s reporting season. A ramp in profitability of almost...

It’s turning out to be a day of ‘hedges’ at Glencore (LON:GLEN). The shares are up a modest 5p as I write this, despite the group reporting an 18% rise in core profits (Ebitda) for...

The euro is the worst performer in the G10 today, and has fallen sharply on Tuesday, with EUR/USD slumping 0.7% and slicing through some pretty critical support levels that opens the way to a...

Investors are finding it difficult to discover many solid reasons to keep adding Anglo American (LON:AAL) and BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) shares, following their results out this morning. Anglo’s...

The past twelve months have seen UK banks start to show signs of a turnaround in sentiment as the majority of them attempt to put the mistakes of the past behind them.For quite some time it’s...

EuropeThe softer tone that was prevalent Thursday has carried over into Friday as investors continued to evaluate the prospects of US President Donald Trump being able to follow through on his recent...

European markets have struggled to gain traction this morning following on from last night’s weaker performance from US equities.On the data front UK retail sales for January missed...

The retail sales figure for January unexpectedly fell by 0.3%, marking the second successive monthly contraction. Whilst the reading on its own shows only a marginal decline, it comes on the back of a...

Unilever (LON:ULVR) shares are enjoying their best day in 30 years as a sleepy FTSE 100 is enlivened by another bold play from Brazil’s acquisitive 3G Capital outfit, via its holding in Kraft...

It’s been another record breaking week for US stock markets, as well as the FTSE250, both of which have managed to post record highs on consecutive days throughout the week.Yesterday saw that...

The FTSE 100 has been met with some fairly strong selling this morning after popping to its highest level in almost a month shortly after the open. The index has since shred 30 points, with the rise...

Today's HighlightsFed Hawks Stocks Climb against a weak dollar ECB Summary Please note: All data, figures & graphs below are valid as of February 16th. All trading carries risk. Only risk capital...