Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

VALUATIONS: We are positive on the resilience of the super-sized US stock market. But its combination of already high profitability and above average valuations limits the upside. These are the only...

Alphabet will publish its quarterly results today after the market closes. Expectations are high, and the stock has just set a new record, which implies that the company has no room for error. Do...

Energy giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron report earnings tomorrow. Exxon boasts a strong financial position, potentially mitigating risks from rising interest rates. Analysts are cautious on Chevron, but...

Meta (NASDAQ:META) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) shares plunge in pre-market trading following earnings reports and strategic announcements.Shares of Meta Platforms and International Business Machines Corp....

Animal spirits have come off the boil lately, but these are still early days for deciding if risk-on sentiment for equities has hit a wall or is in a holding pattern that allows markets to consolidate...

Partnership with SpaceX fuels growthOn 24 April, Filtronic (LON:FTC) entered into a strategic partnership and commercial agreement with SpaceX. The strategic partnership includes the supply of E-band...

Barclays (LON:BARC) has shown stable rather than dynamic growth over the quarter, beating expectations on most measures but with some question marks over its US operations.Overall income declined by...

The relief bounce for indexes finally hit the first potential reversal point with 'black' candlesticks in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, and a bearish harami cross for the Russell 2000 (IWM).Trading...

It has been a mixed bag of corporate results so far in the first-quarter earnings period Volatility has come about from macro events, but focusing on firm-specific happenings can potentially give...

Meta earnings loom large as big tech attempts to rally again. Can the social media giant deliver strong results and reignite the tech sector? Analysts are bullish on Meta but uncertainties around the...

After recent market rebound, focus shifts to earnings reports from tech giants like Meta and Microsoft. The resurgence in tech optimism has buoyed stocks, notably Tesla, which saw a significant surge...

Lloyds (LON:LLOY) has kicked off the quarterly reporting season for the banks in generally uninspiring style, although there are some signs that performance could tick higher as the year...

SQUEEZE: Initial public offerings (IPO) are making a tentative comeback after two-years of depressed activity. The number of US IPOs is up 10% this year even as the Renaissance IPO index still...

Stocks finished the day higher, with the S&P 500 up 1.2%, following yesterday’s advance. So far, the rally has been relatively ordinary and boring. It appears to be bouncing in ordinary...