Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Shell-shocked US markets look like opening considerably lower on Friday with participants still assessing the ramifications for wider markets of the move from the Swiss National Bank to remove its...

There have been two noteworthy events for the FTSE 100 today, firstly Glencore (LONDON:GLEN) , the commodity trader, plunged to a record low of 238.10p. This is the lowest level in its 4 year history...

On Friday the nonfarm payrolls report came in slightly ahead of forecast, nonfarm payrolls increased by 252,000. Despite this number the FTSE closed down dragged down by housing stocks and...

This week’s trading update by Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) would appear to run counter to concerns that the recent revival in the housing market is running out of steam. A rise in revenues of 23%,...

Oil price declines are faltering for now and the Federal Reserve is taking a patient approach to the timing of its first rate-hike leaving US markets set for a higher open on Thursday in anticipation...

The FTSE is bouncing back and there are two scenarios right now. The first option is a wave x that will be followed by a decline to 6250. In this triangle pattern wave d (circle) should retrace 78% of...

US markets are set to open mixed on Tuesday in some signs of a let up in recent declines. The big trends of a rising dollar and falling oil prices have accelerated into the New Year, creating...

US markets came down from all-time highs in the final days of December in thin-volume holiday trading triggered by a drop in consumer confidence data and profit-taking after the Russell 2000 index...

It seems appropriate that at the end of 2014, a year that saw the return of the mega-merger US healthcare company Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) is planning a bid for Smith & Nephew and BT have...

The FTSE 100 is ready to decline but the S&P 500 is still holding near record levels. The next move should be down, unfortunately with many traders away we may have to wait until next week before...

The Santa rally faded at the end of the week in Europe and there’s a risk the same could be heading to the US in the last few trading days before Christmas. Nevertheless US markets are looking...

It’s been a bad first half of the day for European indices, with a sea of red across all European markets. The FTSE 100 has managed to fare the best, it is currently down 0.8%, which compares...

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (LONDON:RBS) outperforms as UK banks disappoint in 2014After a disappointing 2013 UK banks could only hope that 2014 would be the year that all the bad publicity...

US markets fell under their own weight on Monday essentially tracking the direction of oil prices. After a brief spell in positive territory, oil prices hit a wall of selling building on losses felt...