Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

An interesting development has taken place since the US Presidential election, the Dow has outperformed the S&P 500, see figure 1. This is not really surprising, the industrial and financial...

A number of European stock indices have broken out above their recent ranges, most notably Germany’s DAX index which was up a good 1.5% at 10950, at the time of this writing. Sentiment towards...

This morning saw a substantial drop in both the manufacturing production and industrial production in the UK for the month of October which comes as a timely reminder that the economy remains...

FTSE 100 Support: 6780 6778 6763 6743FTSE 100 Resistance: 6820 6831 6839 6845 6890 6916The bulls managed to push things on fairly well yesterday, though we managed to gain on both the S&P and FTSE...

This morning has seen the pound rise to its highest level against the US dollar since early October, with the market now not far from seeing a 1.28 handle again. The FTSE 100 is little changed on the...

After the Italian referendum, attention will turn to the banking sector, where Italian banks are vulnerable. Many Italian banks never recovered from the last financial crisis. They are trading at...

Wow!!! Did you see that?OPEC managed to put an astounding deal together and sent the price of crude oil up by a breathtaking 8%, all the way up to $50 a barrel, the very top of its long term...

Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) have fallen sharply this morning after the latest bank stress tests showed the lender failing on all measures. Despite this the FTSE 100 is moving...

Stocks in the US look set to chart a higher course again on Tuesday with the Dow Jones set to comfortably clear the 19,000 level. Jitters in Europe and light trading after the Thanksgiving holiday...

Wall Street continues to make new highs and today we have two important announcements, the Autumn Statement from the Chancellor at 12:30 and the FOMC statement at 19:00. Volatility should pick up this...

It may be a quiet day in terms of economic data, but there’s been plenty of political news in mainland Europe which has impacted both the euro and stocks. The big news is that Angela Merkel...

The pound is trading lower against all its major peers this morning and despite the recent inverse correlation with the UK stock market, the FTSE 100 is also in the red. The GBPUSD is currently...

Stocks are positive, bond yields are on the rise and dollar is gaining strength on Monday morning. Trump-watching is still the pastime of choice. Surprisingly strong Japanese GDP growth helped...

The UK stock market has begun the week on the front foot with the FTSE 100 trading higher by over 60 points as it currently sits just a whisker below the 6800 level. The pound is trading a little...