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In the last six months, the energy sector has been the best performer of the S&P 500; up 15%. Along with trouble in the Middle East, the rising tension with Russia had helped Crude Oil prices move...

On Friday stock markets closed down pressured by a downbeat German Ifo survey and renewed tensions in the Middle East. Tensions between the West and Russia are starting to have a negative impact on...

Markets that switch from bullish to bearish on a weekly basis at the highs, often eventually correct to the downside and this has been the case for DAX, divergence on weekly momentum supporting this...

Rolls-Royce shares have long been a favourite of defensive and income-seeking investors. It’s easy to see why if you look at its long record of inflation beating dividend growth.The company...

In the end, yesterday saw a dip and then went long at 6775 for the run to 6820. It didn't quite manage to reach the top of the daily channels that I was looking for. But, it was a tall order with the...

When Bill Ackman went on CNBC and claimed that he would ‘expose incredible fraud’ at Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) in a talk he was giving the next day, the company’s share price dropped...

The last time Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares were trading at these sorts of levels below $100 was all the way back in 2009, so last month’s stock consolidation was certainly welcome news for...

Friday followed the arrows with the dip and rise, but rather frustratingly not quite dipping to the ideal entry point and taking the order. It certainly recovered during the day, to the point that now...

This month’s decision by Vince Cable to announce a review of the way governments conduct stock market flotation’s of public assets was an inevitable consequence of the political...

Western leaders are pointing the blame at Russia for Thursday’s dreadful plane crash so the likelihood of stronger sanctions as well as the increasing death toll in Gaza has sent European...

Sentiment has turned bearish based on our indicators but judging by the strength of the US markets, it does not feel bearish right now. The shooting down of the Malaysian airliner over the Ukraine...

The labour market data, released earlier today, was notable not because the economy created 254k jobs, causing the number of unemployed to fall by 121k in the three months to March, but because wage...

US stocks are likely to be taking their cues again from big corporate earnings and further comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen in the upcoming session.US markets look set to open higher following...

The mood of FTSE 100 traders is changing from bearish to bullish according to the BTI (sentiment indicator) but the second sentiment indicator, 34-day BTI, is still declining and not confirming the...