A busy day for fixed odds trading today, with a raft of key fundamental news items which are already starting to move the forex markets in particular so plenty of trading opportunities for this morning and later in the US trading session. This morning we have already seen the rate statement from the Bank of [...]

With the current rumours swirling around Europe regarding the STUPID group ( Spain, Turkey, UK, Portugal, Ireland and Dubai) and the prospect of one of these countries defaulting, all the markets are understandably nervous at present, with yesterday’s surge in the euro triggered by German suggestions of a bailout for Greece. This good news has [...]

It’s another flat opening for the FTSE, CAC and DAX this morning as the excitement over renewed bank profits start to subside. The US earnings season continues to roll on and so far the period has passed without any landmines going off. Unfortunately, it appears that Goldman Sachs got the earnings season off to such [...]

It’s been a flat opening for the FTSE, CAC and DAX as the bulls and bears continue to trade punches. There was excitement after the close of US markets last night as Apple smashed its earnings estimates. Unfortunately this excitement has proven to be short lived and there has been a steady decline in optimism [...]

The FTSE, CAC and DAX opened up in mildly positive fashion. US markets rallied late into the close to push the wider benchmark S & P 500 index into positive territory for the year. Other markets such as the FTSE 100 still have some way to go to achieve this milestone, but at least it [...]

It’s been a good start to the day for the FTSE, CAC and DAX. This is largely down to a final hour surge in US markets last night with the European indices playing catch up this morning. Speculators rushed to take a position in Google last night ahead of their earnings announcement after JP Morgan [...]

It’s a quiet start to the day for the FTSE, CAC and DAX, with investors taking a breather after a tremendous start to the trading week. In just three days, recent fears have been swatted away as investors see reasons to be cheerful in the economy and corporate profits. The recent rally has been sparked [...]

It’s been a strong opening for the FTSE, CAC and DAX with the main European indices up between 0.5% and 1.2%. The prospect of higher than expected earnings from US companies is getting traders excited after Intel produced encouraging results late last night. Asian markets kept the momentum going and markets look set for another [...]

It’s all a bit flat this morning, but this certainly won’t last. Yesterday, stock markets rallied on rumours that the profits from investment bank Goldman Sachs will tip $2 billion. This was the first positive catalyst that investors have had in a few days and they grabbed it with both hands. This morning we’re seeing [...]

Unfortunately the new week offers no respite as the FTSE, DAX and CAC are all down by at least a third of a percent in the first hour of trading. Weekend economic sentiment drifted downwards as rumours of a second massive US stimulus package continue to grow. Today’s top economic announcement is the Bank of [...]