Stock Market Analysis

Originally published by OpenMarketsAlthough the Australian options market as we know it commenced operations in February 1976, options have been around for many hundreds of years. In fact, the tulip...

Each year I outline how I think the Australian Stock Market might fare bearing in mind that my forecast, like all forecasts, is actually a calculated guesstimate – at best. None of us know with...

Originally published by AxiTraderThe S&P 500 had its worst day in 2017 falling 1.24% overnight to close down 29.45 points at 2344. That's the first fall of more than 1% in more than 100 days. And...

Originally published by AxiTraderThe upward momentum in the Trumponomics rally has stalled over the course of March after the physical S&P 500 made a new record high earlier this month at 2400.98....

Originally published by AxiTraderKey TakeawayThe VIX has spiked. But that's from levels close to 10-year lows. Combine that with a market which was entirely focused on the lightness of Trumponomics...

A bit more than a year ago Saudi Arabia announced that the Kingdom would be taking its national oil company, Saudi Aramco, public. This sent shock waves through the global oil and gas industry, since...

Originally published by PokfuLam InvestmentsNo, not the Church of England: Cost of Equity. In effect, it is the manifestation of the “risk” component of the basic principle of financial...

Suncorp Group Ltd (AX:SUN) Chart Review - Monthly Chart NB: Charts prepared before the close of 19/12/16.Suncorp Group shareholders have something to cheer about this Christmas in 2016, after several...

When it comes to bull-market strength, technology gets the nod as it has been stronger than the S&P 500 since 2002 (see lover right chart below).This 2-pack shows that tech has the opportunity to...

The last couple of months have been eventful for the Australian stock market. First, for reasons unknown, it was was moved by the Brexit referendum result and then as the 2016 Australian Federal...

On a global basis, equity markets have essentially discounted last week's Brexit vote. Yesterday's rally, to one decimal place, put the Nikkei up 1.6%, the DAX 1.8%, the CAC 2.6% and the FTSE 3.6%....

Technically speaking, four of the eight indexes on our world watch list posted week-over-week gains, but that requires calculating the gains to three decimal places to illustrate the S&P 500's...

Seven of the eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains over the past week, up from five the week before, and the average of the eight was an impressive 2.60%. India's SENSEX was the...

Five of the eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains over the past week, the same as the week before, although the average of the eight at 0.34% was a modest improvement over the -0.17%...