Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The end to a sequence of higher daily lows turned Wednesday’s signals for EUROSTOXX to bearish. These were confirmed with losses of 32 Pts on the day, the worst trading day for sentiment since...

After a bit a non-event yesterday where stocks spent most of the day lower barring a late surge in some technology names, US markets look set to open lower today with another day of low volatility...

In the absence of major news stock markets are pausing. After the long rally of the last few weeks in the US and in Europe investors are now focussing on valuations and taking money off the table. In...

Yesterday, the World Bank cut its global growth forecast amid weaker outlooks for the U.S., Russia and China, while calling on emerging markets to strengthen their economies before the Federal Reserve...

I think it’s symptomatic of the low volatility currently permeating stock markets at the moment that we’ve heard a lot of gumpf over the last few days about the underperformance of...

Two of the developed world’s most important equity indices are at all-time highs. The S&P 500 has reached 1,941 and Germany’s DAX 30 has crossed above 10,000 for the first time....

After the ECB announcement last Thursday, the market was given a further boost by the US employment report on Friday. In the US the recovery is taking shape but in Europe the situation is different....

Q2 signals to buy FTSE 100 on the open and on a dip to 6445.5 have been confirmed, with sentiment posting a new 14 year high in May at 6880.0. Despite daily sentiment being much overstretched, last...

The divergence between the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 is growing wider, the S&P is making new highs, the FTSE is making new lows. Which one is giving us the direction for the next few days, the...

Frustratingly the FTSE 100 did not quite reach the short order at 6845, instead not managing to break the pivot before dropping to 6800. That level held though as if that breaks then there is most...

With the ECB meeting fast approaching and a possible bullish announcement tomorrow (some sort of stimulus to fight deflation) stock markets appears to have priced in the good news. Investors do not...

Was a bit hasty not taking the long at 6851 yesterday after all as it did indeed bounce. I had got spooked by the S&P losing 10 points (off the back of poor data mostly) and the FTSE 100 not...

The US stock market is the most watched market in the world but when it comes to direction the FTSE 100 leads the S&P 500. Right now the FTSE is not following the S&P to new highs, it is a...

This week’s signals for DAX have continued to point higher, but with futures trading at record highs and close to the psychological 10000, the call is a cautious one, allowing room to buy dips....