Expert Views

Analysts seek out UK retail bargains as consumer outlook brightens

Thursday 19 Apr 2018

(ShareCast News) - It might seem counter-intuitive on the same day that more dismal official retail figures and disastrous numbers from Debenhams coincided, but plenty of contrarian thinkers have alre... Read More

Dutch election result does not extinguish European nationalist threat

Thursday 16 Mar 2017

(ShareCast News) - Voters in Netherlands have put a new spring in the step of the euro, election pollsters and those alarmed by the rise of European nationalism, but the result does precisely nothing ... Read More

Baker & McKenzie: Oil industry in crisis - Should we expect more or less antitrust enforcement?

Tuesday 10 May 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Mark Hamer, Partner (Washington DC office), Baker & McKenzie Read More

EY: Oil price outlook - reset or recycle?

Friday 06 May 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Susan Grissom, Senior Strategic Oil & Gas Analyst, EY Read More

Schneider Electric: Big data eases economic downturn impact on GCC petchems

Wednesday 20 Apr 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Ghassan Barghouth, Vice President, Middle East, Schneider Electric Read More

Gulf Petrochem Group: 'New Silk Road' oil refining dominance emerging

Sunday 17 Apr 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Manan Goel, Group Director, Gulf Petrochem Group Read More

Gulf Intelligence: Oil Outlook - Top five drivers impacting crude prices in 2016

Wednesday 13 Apr 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Sean Evers, founder and managing partner of Gulf Intelligence Read More

Platts: Tricky timing for US' renewed crude oil exports

Tuesday 08 Mar 2016

(ShareCast News) - By Dave Ernsberger, global director of oil at Platts Read More

How relevant is US labour data?

Thursday 04 Feb 2016

(ShareCast News) - With concerns about commodity and oil prices and slowing of global growth, will the usually all-important non-farm payroll report on Friday even figure in the Federal Reserve's inte... Read More

Comment: Fed moves spell trouble for emerging markets

Thursday 17 Sep 2015

(ShareCast News) - The 'will they, won't they' dance around the Fed goes on, writes IG analyst Chris Beauchamp. Even if there is no hike in September, the ramifications of the gradual shift to tighten... Read More

Comment: sell Burberry as China sputters

Wednesday 15 Jul 2015

(ShareCast News) - China's luxury market is not what is once was, writes IG senior analyst Chris Beauchamp and Burberry has seen its shares fall following its latest trading update, as concerns about ... Read More

SNB to hold fire, but keep finger on interest rate trigger

Wednesday 17 Jun 2015

Ipek OzkardeskayaMarket Analyst, London Capital Group Read More

Comment: Strong US non-farm payrolls could bring September rate hike and euro low

Tuesday 02 Jun 2015

The May non-farm payrolls are due on Friday and should determine the US dollar's fate until the next FOMC meeting scheduled on 16 and 17 June, writes analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya at London Capital Group. Read More

Yield hunters fleeing supermarkets should consider REITs instead

Thursday 20 Nov 2014

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have had an excellent 2014, solidly outperforming the FTSE 100 and offering a potential haven for yield hunters. Read More

BoE MPC members grew more divided in their views, minutes showed

Wednesday 19 Nov 2014

Several conflicting short-term trends seem to have muddied the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee's crystal ball a tad, the minutes of the 6 November rate setting meeting revealed. Read More

Crunch time for retailers as Christmas looms large

Thursday 23 Oct 2014

Today's retail sales figures have had a deleterious effect on the sector, writes IG market analyst Christopher Beauchamp, with the shock drop in UK consumer confidence to a four-year low adding extra ... Read More

Comment: Oil price decline is not over yet

Tuesday 07 Oct 2014

After a fairly uneventful first half of the year, oil has broken lower, writes IG's chief market strategist Brenda Kelly, and has the potential to break through current price support. Read More

Commodities under pressure from resurgent dollar

Thursday 11 Sep 2014

After a good first half, the commodities markets are beginning to take a severe hammering from a resurgent US dollar, writes IG analyst Chris Beauchamp. Combined with supply gluts across many major co... Read More

Global indices comparison highlights S&P and Euro Stoxx 600 value and yield

Thursday 04 Sep 2014

With equity markets rallying once again, some might begin to worry that valuations are getting a little ahead of themselves. Read More

Using volume to identify trading opportunities

Thursday 28 Aug 2014

For many traders, price is only one element of a trading decision. Read More

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