Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

European markets were mostly higher on Friday morning following an underwhelming easing of monetary policy from the Bank of Japan. Relief that Japanese interest rates weren’t cut further into...

The Bank of Japan has eased policy but it hasn’t impressed markets. The BOJ will increase its ETF buying as a proportion of the total asset purchases but left its base money target unchanged.The...

European markets were mixed in early trading on Thursday following a balanced statement from the Federal Reserve, which opted to keep US interest rates unchanged. With the Fed on the sidelines,...

Earlier this year UK banks were showing some encouraging signs of putting the past behind them with respect to provisions for past misdeeds, though once again the biggest causes for concern were...

The rally in the FTSE 100 extended following a better-than-expected GDP number and rumours the Bank of Japan will announce a new stimulus package. Later in the evening the index pulled back after the...

Tim Young, Day Trader at Ayondo presents his technical view on the FTSE 100 on today’s finance show. Young reiterates the overall bullish trend in FTSE and says the monthly chart is looking...

Dr. David Paul, MD, VectorVest, shares insights on the FTSE 100, the VectorVest UK composite 2016, Keller Group (LON:KLR) and Trifast (LON:TRFT) in today’s Tip TV US Open Finance Show, also...

UK and EuropeA slide in the price of oil weighed on the oil and gas sector of the stock market in afternoon trading, taking the FTSE 100 from narrow gains to narrow losses. Other European indices were...

We look at the top news stories in the global financial markets - SABMiller (LON:SAB) takeover problems, Pokemonomics and augmented reality, Rank Group (LON:RNK)’s digital gamble, and the...

The stock market rally is overstretched and it shouldn’t be one a one-way route higher. This is the key message from today’s market roundup section in the Tip TV Finance show, as we...

For us, it’s more significant that William Hill (LON:WMH) has received a takeover approach, rather than the details of the potential offer itself which remain unclear, apart from that it may...

Markets started the new week in positive spirits with both UK and European stocks higher on Monday morning. The weekend’s G20 summit was, as usual, more bureaucrat wine-quaffing than disruptive...

Record highs are on the cards for the US stock market as the fundamental picture remains attractive, says John Eade, President at Argus Research, as we discuss the earnings season in the US, the...

Tim Young, FTSE 100 trader, joined us on the Tip TV Finance Show to offer a technical outlook on the UK market equity index, joined by Zak Mir, Technical Analyst at Zak’s Traders Cafe. Key...