Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

In Asia stocks fell fas mixed economic data did nothing to assuage concerns about global growth, keeping sovereign bonds well supported as a hedge against deflation risks. Markets in Japan were shut...

Stock markets are lower again in early trading as corporate earnings and economic data continue to disappoint, dragging on the price of oil and broader sentiment.A much bigger than expected slowdown...

Global News: In Asia stocks were mixed on Tuesday as a weaker than expected Caixin manufacturing survey was shrugged off and investors eyed U.S. jobs data at the end of the week. The Shanghai...

UK investors have brought with them the mantra of sell in May and go away after returning from the long holiday weekend. Weak manufacturing data from China and the UK as well as the Reserve Bank of...

UK and EuropeEuropean markets fell on Friday after a flood of economic data that saw the Eurozone economy grow faster than expected in March but also return to deflation. Stock markets have finished...

With a weak lead from US markets in which the Dow Jones fell 1% for the first time in two months, UK and European markets dropped on Friday as investors waded through corporate earnings.Italy’s...

This week’s inaction from two major central banks, namely the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, has caused the global equity indices – Japan’s Nikkei, in particular –...

The global rally in equities reversed and lost ground last week. All eight indexes on our watch list were negative for the week, and the average of the eight was a disappointing -2.18%. The range was...

Dashed hopes of a more stimulus from the Bank of Japan sent the Nikkei crashing overnight and the sour feeling has spread into Europe. On Thursday all major equity benchmarks are falling and hitting...

UK Stock News:Barclays (LON:BARC) posted 1Q results: “Group attributable profit decreased 7% to £433M, resulting in a basic EPS of 2.7p (Q115: 2.9p). Core attributable profit increased 53%...

HSBC is a major multinational financial organization that lends services to over 48 million customers throughout the world. The group has 6,100 offices in 72 countries and territories across Europe,...

European markets were flat in early trading on Monday, a continuation of what has been directionless trading ahead of the April FOMC meeting. Disappointing Q1 results from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the...

Just under two months ago Jes Staley the new CEO of Barclays (LON:BARC) announced a radical restructuring program for a bank that since the departure of previous CEO Antony Jenkins appears to have...

European shares rebounded from a soft start to the week as markets meander sideways ahead of the latest policy decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan.Better than expected corporate...