Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The big movers on the FTSE 100 in the last 24 hours have been the homebuilders, after Mark Carney’s attempts to cool the housing market have been labelled toothless. The homebuilders were...

We wake up this morning to yet another probe into investment bank behaviour, and once again Barclays (LONDON:BARC) is in the firing line, begging the inevitable question as to when will all the bad...

Bearish signals in each of the last two days have been confirmed, investors selling FTSE 100 futures on Wednesday to post a 3rd lower daily high and low in a row and a loss of 50 Pts on the day....

The FTSE 100 has turned down and is now declining in line with the short term forecast but the BTI (sentiment indicator) is still rising. In fact the FTSE is down since 15 May but the BTI is still...

Easyjet (LONDON:EZJ) and International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) were top performers on the FTSE 100 today reversing the recent downward spiral that saw the former hit 6-month lows. Until the...

This week’s signals for FTSE 100 point to buying the open and on a dip to 6750.5. Monday’s expected pullback has occurred, though so far the bounce from the 6737.0 low has been limited,...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 was outperforming the rest of Europe on take-over speculation in a light day of trading that saw stocks hover near recent multi-year highs thanks to the supportive monetary policy...

The return of large scale M&A activity has been cited as the latest example of renewed confidence as some parts of the global economy return to health after the tribulations of the past five...

Wednesday’s signals pointed to cautious DAX gains and these were confirmed, though for a modest initial improvement to attract sellers. However, late gains following the FOMC keep signals...

The decline in the FTSE 100 could be counted as complete but not in the S&P 500. The S&P is reluctant to go down probably because investors are waiting to the see the FOMC statement tonight at...

A few days from now we will find out what investor appetite there is for a new challenger bank as Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LONDON:LLOY) seeks to spin off its branch network under the TSB brand...

Last month’s European elections have been described as an earthquake to the established parties across Europe, and serve to highlight the difficulties facing the political establishment in...

The decline in the FTSE 100 accelerated on Friday, and today we could see a small bounce before prices drop further. During the current decline the BTI (sentiment indicator) has continued to go up,...

Although the overall view for some time has been bullish of FTSE 100 and to buy dips, signals in each of the last 3 days of last week have pointed to a temporary profit taking sell-off. These have...