Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

US stock markets reached another record high on Valentine’s Day, but where will they go next? As analysts and economists fret about potential sell-signals, the markets are grinding higher, and...

Support 7285 7280 7263 7261 7258 7238Resistance 7309 7312 7321 7326 7334 7365After the initial spike down on the FTSE to 7252 and a test of the 10 day bianca channel there, we bounced back up to the...

Merger news in Europe’s automotive market as well as inflation data from China, Germany and the UK kept investors busy on Tuesday. Still, equity benchmarks were mostly flat on the day.The FTSE...

Rolls-Royce's (LON:RR) statutory loss looks £500-£600m than was widely expected, though it is unlikely to be a source of significant shareholder discontent on Tuesday. The disparity seems...

FTSE 100 Support 7261 7252 7242 7219 7218FTSE 100 Resistance 7280 7285 7291 7303 7308 7312 7322We had the bull Monday, will we get the bear Tuesday to complete the pattern? The US was certainly turbo...

The US stock markets hit repeated new record highs last week. The positive sentiment has continued at the start of this week.Although US indices do look overbought in the short-term and we may very...

Barring a dramatic late reversal, the FTSE 100 is set to end the week firmly higher as the index seemingly continues to follow the path of least resistance in trending upwards. The inverse correlation...

The US session has kicked off on the front foot with the Nasdaq touching record highs within minutes of opening and the S&P and Dow Jones edging higher. After some fairly choppy action over the...

This is not how the ‘reflation’ script is supposed to go. Instead, momentum of returning flows to emerging markets and the group’s dextrous reading of China have enabled a much...

The pound is rising across the board today after MPs yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of passing the Brext bill unamended. The FTSE 100 has had a quiet morning so far, with the index higher by...

FTSE 250 heavyweight Tate (LON:TATE) is a fair FTSE 100 tracker. That’s due to it having one of the most favourable currency translation effects on the wider market, from a 78% revenue base in...

European markets have traded sideways this morning, as investors look for direction in an uncertain environment. Matters are being muddied by concerns of a re-escalation in the Greek debt crisis, in...

Support 7183 7177 7158 7119Resistance 7209 7199 7211 7216 7228 7241 7248 7255The bulls failed to break 7195 yesterday with it actually being stronger resistance than expected, and we saw an eventual...

BP (LON:BP) produced a small figurative quarterly profit ($72m) for the fourth quarter, as widely forecast, and a profit for the year which is 40% lower than consensus forecasts. Unfortunately, it is...