Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Traditionally we have been told that when bond yields start to rise then stocks should fall. Well, this time around things could be different. Even as the market starts to believe that the Fed is...

Sentiment is bearish as indicated by our BTI (sentiment indicator), when sentiment is bearish the odds favour a decline. Therefore it is possible that the decline will extend in the short term....

I have always been taught there are only two things certain in Life: Death and Taxes. So it comes as no surprise that the latter is the main catalyst behind the US governments’ latest draft of...

US markets had a rough start to the week after the Dow fell off by triple digits yesterday with the outlook for China’s economy deteriorating and a downturn in the US housing market rattling...

We’re seeing a significant retrenchment getting underway. A lot of the high flying momentum plays of the last year or more are getting taking apart today with 4-5% declines becoming increasingly...

Although this week’s forecast for DAX remains positive, the initial move was signalled to be lower and this has so far occurred, Monday’s trading posting a loss of just over 50 Pts since...

Today the FTSE 100will open lower in contrast with last Friday's opening when the FTSE surged after the Scottish referendum. This is not a positive development for the FTSE, the UK index had been...

Bullish signals for FTSE 100 since Aigust have pointed to buying dips and these have been confirmed with a gain of just over 400 Pts since August’s base at 6492.0.Friday’s rejection and a...

US markets are setting up to open positively despite some more tenuous Chinese economic data overnight in the knowledge that the Fed will keep rates close to zero for a substantial period of time....

Much has been discussed on the possibly of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd (NYSE:BABA) being the largest IPO in corporate history. Current markets indicate the company could be worth as much as $200...

The bullish divergence between the FTSE 100 and the BTI (directional indicator) was a warning that the FTSE would rally. It would appear that the rally is underway but there is a big obstacle ahead,...

US markets look like opening broadly lower today after a more concentrated sell-off in the tech sector and big losses on the NASDAQ Composite yesterday. With only the producer price index on the data...

Today’s trading action in the NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 indicate that investors have started to retrench and that a significant market correction may be getting underway. Unlike the Dow...

The bullish divergence between the FTSE 100 and the BTI (directional indicator) remains in place. If the index is in a third wave down the BTI should turn down to confirm the decline. We are still...