Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

What a volatile day it has been in the markets. Stocks initially rallied after the European Central Bank decided to cut interest rates across the board, increased QE by a bigger than expected €20...

At the end of last year, Morrisons dropped out of the FTSE 100 after fourteen years of being ever present. Who could have conceived that its demotion could have been so short-lived, as it looks to...

European stocks have stormed back to life this morning, evidently in anticipation that the European Central Bank will ease its policy further as it attempts to boost growth and create inflation in an...

Early in the month it seemed the uber-bears were resting after testing our ability to stay calm in the face of highly pessimistic forecasts of stock market volatility, even crashes. We were wrong as...

A sharp decline in exports of 25.4% points to continued weakness in the global economy, and while some of the decline may well be down to the timing of Chinese New Year, the fact that the number...

Another positive day for Asian markets after the National People’s congress in China signalled plans to stimulate growth has so far failed to see much follow through into Europe, which is...

So far the recent FTSE 100 bear market has been more of a teddy bear than a grizzly. To some extent that’s because the dividend has held the index up, but what would happen if that dividend...

The global market rebound accelerated over the past week. All eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains, and the average of the eight was an impressive 3.82%, a major improvement over the...

EuropeAfter a positive start markets in Europe have slipped back from their intraday peaks as cautious profit taking started to creep into a market that has been on a good run of late. A slide back in...

Equity markets have surged higher in recent days, with investors more or less ignoring the slowing down of economic growth in China as well other global macro risks. China’s factory activity has...

Since the departure of CEO Antony Jenkins last summer the bank (L:BARC) appears to have lost its way, not altogether surprising given that it took 5 months to find a successor.The appointment of Jes...

The European stock markets started the new week and the last day of February on the back foot this morning. The kick-back rally had actually fizzled at the end of last week when oil prices also...

Shares in Europe pulled back from a three-week high on Monday after the meeting of G20 finance ministers failed to produce any tangible plan to address slowing global growth.The price of oil extended...

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend: Severe correction underway. SPX: Intermediate trend –Next down-phase close at hand. Analysis of the short-term trendis done on a daily basis...