UK Share Prices Continue To Slide While USA Has Bank Holiday - October 8, 2018 12:37

The leading shares on the world’s top indexes continue to climb a wall of worry, with prices falling further after last weeks dismal ending on the stock market. Share prices were down on the FTSE 100 and Dax30 index during morning trading in Europe, and futures seem weak in pre-market across in the USA. The […]

Dow Jones is Finding Resistance At 24450 - July 5, 2018 7:46

As the United States celebrates Independence Day the Dow Jones and other stock indexes take a breather. The yearly national holiday sees markets close. It is possibly a good time for this break to arrive. Stocks have looked weary due to a backdrop of self inflicted trade tariff arguments from their wacky President, and a […]

Ibex Rally Continues After Weekend News On Catalan Region - October 31, 2017 12:17

The Spanish Ibex index has made some incredibly strong moves since Monday. After the announcement by the Madrid government to remove the power of the Catalan leaders which held the “illegal” referendum on independence. From a close down below 10,200 on Friday the Ibex index has moved steadily higher to near 10,600 in early trade […]

Mining Sector Shares – Fresnillo, Kaz Minerals and AAL - July 11, 2017 9:52

After a torrid time during 2014 and 2015, stocks in the mining sector made some good recoveries during 2016 and early 2017. Some spectacular gains were made by the major players, even the juniors and small caps got in on the action. Then came spring 2017, and those stars of 2016 began to fall once […]

Dow Jones Index Hits New All-Time High As Fed Prepares to Hike - June 13, 2017 23:32

Another day and another new all-time high for the Dow Jones industrial average index. It seems like groundhog day with this strap line, but here it goes again. The DJIA was buoyed by tech stocks rebounding in tremendous fashion, with the Nasdaq 100 also pushing higher after a few days of the wobbles. Movers within […]

FTSE 100 Holds Firm as Election Ends With Hung Parliament - June 10, 2017 1:05

A hung parliament was declared in the U.K. general election which resulted in some wild swings overnight for the FTSE 100. After ending slightly down on Thursday, the main share index was priced by spread betting companies as down 100 points as the exit polls were announced. During the early hours, one by one the […]

Life Insurance Sector Continues It’s Strong Start To 2017 - February 20, 2017 16:03

Shares in the Life Insurance sector have been on a steady upward trajectory since the turn of the year, after a relatively static 2016 (apart from a Brexit blip). Leaders today were Standard Life, Prudential and Aviva as the pack went on rising. Many analysts were of the opinion that Donald Trump’s policies were pointing […]

Can The FTSE Head Higher? BP, Fresnillo, and Bank Index Could Help Decide - February 17, 2017 10:46

As we head towards the end of another financial year in the UK, it’s time to look back at how the FTSE 100 has fared since our last article back here in September. At that time the US election was yet to happen, and I hinted that the main index would only head higher if […]

FTSE 100 and Dow Jones: Can They Head Higher This Year? - September 8, 2016 19:01

Indices in the UK and USA have been on a phenomenal run since the early February, a rise that accelerated with post Brexit relief. Whilst the FTSE 100 stumbled its way up slowly in anticipation of the Brexit vote, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been strong all the way through, really strong. So much […]