FTSE 100 Sinks To Lows, Results from Britvic, Mothercare, Thomas Cook,...
The FTSE 100 index has traversed to the lower end of its current trading range between circa 6060 and 6200. The low in UK morning session stood at 6068 as Crude Oil pulled back for a 2nd consecutive...
View ArticleUK Markets Undecided After Wall St Gains on Friday â Results Roundup
UK markets were undecided on direction in early trade on the 23rd May, with the FTSE 100 heading lower and reversing to test the high of Wednesday 18th May. Crude Oil was also undecided on direction,...
View ArticleWIll Gold Hold Out Above $1200?
Itâs safe to say that May was a hell of a bearish month for gold prices, in fact itâs been the worst month of the year so far for the precious metal. Gold prices fell from a high of $1300 on 2nd...
View ArticleIs This The New Trend Line For Gold?
Weâve all been amazed by the trend in Gold prices during 2016 so far, but this last few weeks, since a spike higher after the Brexit decision, Gold has fallen back somewhat. Is the Gold bull over for...
View ArticleFTSE 100 and Dow Jones: Can They Head Higher This Year?
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...
View ArticleFed Meeting Set To Show The Way
The next installment of the Federal Reserve meeting, with the press release that is published at close the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. This is followed by a press conference hosted by the...
View ArticleInterest Rates Abound as Election Time Looms
As we move ever closer to the US election, what more could you ask for than a week packed with highly anticipated economic data? Expect Gold and stock indices to be volatile as we move into the second...
View ArticleGold Prices and Where Next At This Resistance?
Gold gained good ground over the last week, after an early October fall through support. However, the fall stalled and found a base around the mid-point of the February to May range. Gold mining stocks...
View ArticleOil Prices: How Much Further Will They Let This Slide?
Oil prices are heading back down it seems. After spiking to a high above $54 on the basis of a cut in production by Russia and other countries after the OPEC landmark deal, itâs been falling steady....
View ArticleGold Price Shoots Higher As Trump Offers No Clarity
The US dollar fell hard whilst gold prices shot higher as Donald Trump began his pre-presidential speech, which provided little clarity on future financial policies. The price of gold began the US...
View ArticleCan The FTSE Head Higher? BP, Fresnillo, and Bank Index Could Help Decide
As we head towards the end of another financial year in the UK, itâs 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...
View ArticleLife Insurance Sector Continues Itâs Strong Start To 2017
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,...
View ArticleGold Prices and Why Thereâs Nobody Buying
At the back end of last week Gold prices slid to levels not seen since mid March, all-in-all it was Goldâs worst performing week of 2017 so far. The recent strength of the US Dollar put pressure on...
View ArticleOpec Trying To Put Some Support Into Oil Prices
This week began in much the same fashion as they left last week with Oil prices rising. Expectation of a cut in output from OPEC, which could extend into 2018, pushed Crude Oil higher on the futures...
View ArticleFTSE 100 Holds Firm as Election Ends With Hung Parliament
A hung parliament was declared in the U.K. general election which resulted in some wild swings overnight for the FTSE 100. read more...
View ArticleDow Jones Index Hits New All-Time High As Fed Prepares to Hike
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...
View ArticleMining Sector Shares â Fresnillo, Kaz Minerals and AAL
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...
View ArticleCAD: Canadian Dollar Strength and US Dollar Weakness
On the foreign exchange market Wednesday things began slowly. Mixed moves from the major currencies meant choppy trade until data from the West arrived. read more...
View ArticleDow Jones Stumbles and Reverses on Fed Unchanged Interest Rate
The US federal reserve released their quarterly interest rate decision in the United States. They left rates on hold for the next period but hinted at a rate hike maybe on the cards before the end of...
View ArticleIbex Rally Continues After Weekend News On Catalan Region
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...
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