Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Fresh 2016 highs for the Dow Jones and S&P 500 following a speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen have fostered positive trading in Europe on Wednesday. Ms Yellen’s speech was in alignment with...

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have traded slightly higher in the opening half hour of trading, the day after the US government dropped its case against the tech company. The government no longer...

Last week I said that the FTSE 100 was leading the way down after peaking at 6237. Very often after a long rally, we see the FTSE 100 underperform the S&P 500. Such a behaviour is associated with...

Revised expectations over the pace of rate rises in the US and a slump in the price of oil back below $40 per barrel has frightened most leading European equity benchmarks into losses in excess of...

The S&P 500 has had a much stronger post financial crisis bull market than the FTSE 100. However, as a consequence the US large-cap index is now much more expensive than its UK counterpart.Bull...

Looking at a longer time frame, to provide a long term perspective, we see an upward potential to the historical maximums, in fact the upward movement is still valid and the momentum are giving us a...

Volatility has noticeably dropped off in this shortened Easter week, evidenced by the relatively benign reaction to yesterday’s atrocities in Belgium. Equities have built off the rebound from...

The UK retail sector has seen a number of significant outperformers and underperformers over the past few years with the difficulties of Marks and Spencer (LON:MKS) being among some of the most well...

Ahead of the FOMC statement, the charts of the S&P suggest there is a possibility for a pullback in US stock markets, though at this stage there are no confirmation signs to suggest this will...

UK and EuropeEuropean stocks were mixed on Wednesday with the usual steady, low-activity trading ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. M&A activity has boosted sentiment on the margins after the...

It has been the usual steady, low-activity trading ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. M&A activity has boosted sentiment on the margins after the London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) and...

The LSE/Deutsche Boerse is back on investor’s radar this week as the 22nd March deadline looms for the two boards to tie up some of the loose ends around a potential deal.While this isn’t...

Stocks fell on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan decided against adding to stimulus and concerns re-emerged over a drop in the price of oil. Talk of another North Korea nuclear weapons test hasn’t...

Global equity markets have increased their gains at the start of the week, with European indices closing between 0.3 to 1.6 per cent higher today. In the US, shares on Wall Street were trading higher...