Lloyds Share Price: JPMorgan Chase States “Overweight” - April 23, 2014 11:30

Lloyds Banking Group has been having a reasonable run of form in its share price of late. Research reports from analysts such as Nomura have recently upgraded the company to a “buy” rating. However, today it emerged that equity research at JP Morgan Chase have changed their stance on the company to “overweight”. Lloyds share […]

The End Of A Negative Week - April 13, 2014 14:56

After an indifferent week UK shares finished with a negative bias, dragged down by technology companies after a sharp sell-off in the USA, especially seen in the tech laden Nasdaq, which slumped 3.1% over the course of last week. The fall in the Nasdaq was the largest since 2011, with speculation that investors are dumping […]

The FTSE 100 Bounces Back – Now Eyes Are On The Fed - April 9, 2014 10:40

Following on from a strong session in the USA overnight, the FTSE 100 gained in early London trading, adding 40 points within the opening hour. Leading stocks were mainly from homebuilders, ARM Holdings and Standard Chartered. The Nasdaq gained during a positive session after its worst few days in around 3 years. Also holding strong […]

UK Stocks Tumble Again With AB Foods & Sports Direct Leading - April 8, 2014 15:56

Stocks in the UK were falling today, for a 2nd day of declines. Leaders of the decline were Associated British Foods and Sport Direct. In addition to the weakness of key companies, increasing tensions over Ukraine became prominent once again. AB Foods was down 3.9 percent in early trading, mainly due to the report from […]

The Oilers Of The FTSE 100 - January 20, 2014 16:10

With the price of crude oil holding steady around the three-year highs above 90.00 USD, shares of companies in the oil and gas sector have been doing well for investors. As it’s the beginning of 2014 let us take a quick look at some of the major players in the FTSE 100, focusing on technical […]

Those Problems With UK Banks? - January 7, 2014 11:54

As we all know, the UK banking sector had a torrid time through the last 5 years. Some will say (with a distant memory) it was all justified, by the way they helped bring the economy to it’s knees. However, all that aside, it seems that many are looking to invest in banks again. Let’s […]

The FOMC Talks and the Markets Shriek - June 19, 2013 22:50

The Fed  held its monthly meeting to determine the course of the world over the past two days wherein it was decided that the current QE program would continue indefinitely. But, the rhetoric surrounding said indefinite time frame was apparently hawkish enough to send everyone scrambling for cash.  In the wake of the press conference […]

Latest Hilsen-Rumor Put Cherry on Equity Rally - June 13, 2013 21:19

After last night’s thrashing on the TOCOM which saw the Nikkei 225 drop 843.94 points to close at 12,445.38 (or minus 6.4%) the US equity markets were looking at another potentially ugly day. But the Yen abruptly stopped appreciating and began turning back toward Â¥95, which it achieved just before the publication of the latest […]

The Beat Goes On — S&P Sets New Record - May 14, 2013 23:56

All of the money being printed by the major central banks simply has nowhere else to go.  Today the S&P 500 rallied again late in the session as managed money went bargain hunting with newly minted dollars, yen and euros.  The benchmark equity index closed at 1650.34 (+1.02%) while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]