Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

This morning’s news that Royal Dutch Shell (LONDON:RDSa) has agreed to buy sector peer BG Group (LONDON:BG) for £47bn, or $69bn has given the beleaguered oil and gas sector a much needed...

US markets are looking at a tentatively higher open on Wednesday, a day that could mark a key juncture for stock market performance. It is the traditional start to earnings season with Alcoa Inc...

A deal of this magnitude has been touted for some time. Indeed, the dramatic drop in Oil over the past 9 months had led to speculation there could be takeover’s in the Oil & Gas sector in...

The BTI turned up on 1 April and is still rising and now the 34-day BTI has now turned up to confirm the BTI. Sentiment is bullish and in this situation odds favour a stock market rally. As expected...

EuropeEuropean stocks shot higher on Tuesday after the four-day weekend, playing catch-up with US markets which rallied on Monday. Estimates for the timing of the first US rate-hike have been pared...

Struggling Dutch logistics company TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) received a much needed boost this morning as FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has offered €8 per share (All in cash) for the company –...

US markets stumbled at the last hurdle of the quarter, with the S&P 500, narrowly making quarterly gains while the Dow Jones closed the quarter 0.3% lower. Investors are worried another strong...

The UK economy did even better than thought last year, with GDP rising to 3% from an initial estimate of 2.7%. Interestingly, the overall economy managed to do well even though business investment...

It is not quite a rule of investment yet but if you follow what the Chinese are the buying then at least you are likely to have the weight of money on your side. Back on 6 March this year Fosun Intl...

By the end of tomorrow, Tuesday March 31st the final listing price should be known for GoDaddy; the world's largest domain registration and web-hosting company. The price range has been set at between...

Do you know which is the only company who is a member of both the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 indices? Top of the class for those of you would immediately said “Carnival Corporation”...

Last week’s decline has taken its toll on sentiment, but the trend in the FTSE is still up. The UK index closed down on four consecutive days and is now in a support area, a rally is...

The Federal Reserve has sent shockwaves through stock markets since Janet Yellen’s FOMC press conference last week so there is understandable caution being exercised with a lower open expected...

US stocks are setting up for another big fall on the open of trading on Thursday with a change in tact from the Federal Reserve and volatility in oil markets creating uncertainty. Dow futures are...