Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

With the S&P500 rushing up to new 7 weeks highs this evening, isn’t time to consider the strength of this recovery? For this purpose, we will use the following FinGraphs’...

At the time of this writing, the markets in Europe are higher across the board despite a 5 per cent drop in China overnight, while US index futures are trading a touch weaker following...

Shares in Europe rebounded on Thursday, encouraged by a rebound in the US markets which erased early losses to finish higher on Wednesday thanks to a bounce in the oil price.The rebound in Europe...

Yesterday my sentiment indicator turned bearish. I know the FTSE 100 is in bullish mood this morning but this was expected. Don’t forget that the FTSE was up 10% in 11 days at the recent high....

It is only a few weeks until the end of the current tax year, when one ISA year closes and another opens for investment. If you do not take up your entitlement to invest money in the ISA tax shelter...

Global equities have fallen for a second day today, hurt by weakness in banks and commodity stocks. At the time of this writing, the major European indices were off between 1.5 to 3.0 per cent, and US...

The woes of the banking sector has provided a rich seam of narrative over the past few years and this seam continues to provide a consistent story source as the same old problems continue to make...

It looks like the kick-back rally may well be over for equities with the major European stock indices hitting fresh lows as we go to press. The contingent agreement to freeze oil production at or near...

There is much to encourage stock market bears in the results year-to-date with the FTSE 100 index down 2.54%, the FTSE Europe ex UK index down 7.12%, the US S&P 500 index down 5.07% and the FTSE...

Last year Centrica (L:CNA) surprised the markets by posting a pre-tax loss of £1.4bn and cutting its dividend as a combination of warm weather and low commodity prices saw it write down the...

US hotel stocks could see slowdown in wake of terror attacksIt’s been a tough few months for the travel and leisure sector, having had to deal with the fallout from the blowing up of a Russian...

The recent stabilisation of the stock markets has raised hopes that we may have seen a near-term bottom for equities. This view has mainly been supported by central banks’ desire to hold down...

At the time of this writing on Friday morning, equities were witnessing some rare green price action in a rather quiet session. The major indices here were up around 1 to 1.5 per cent and US index...

European markets have seen a welcome return to positive territory on Friday morning. It’s a dead cat bounce led by basic resource, oil and financial sectors which have seen the most punishment...