• MOMENTUM IS DRIVING THE MARKETS
    Tuesday, 16th March 2010
    David Morrison
    WITH the days getting longer and the Cheltenham Festival kicking off this afternoon, there is a palpable feeling of optimism around. Despite little in the way of bullish news last week, stock indices... [Read more]

  • BULL OR BEAR, YOU NEED TO BE NIMBLE
    Tuesday, 16th February 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    FOR anyone who found last year’s nine-month rally in global equities perplexing, or frustrating, then 2010 seems to have brought a hint of sanity back to the markets. The sell-off of the past few... [Read more]
  • IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO STOP THE STIMULUS
    Tuesday, 9th February 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    WE ARE two-thirds of the way through the US fourth-quarter earnings season and 74 per cent of S&P 500 firms that have already reported have beaten analysts’ estimates. A further 9 per cent were... [Read more]
  • RETHINK YOUR VIEW ON GOLD AND SILVER
    Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
    CFD Market Strategist, GFT After a strong start to the New Year, equities finished January on a very weak note. With China beginning to tighten policy, investors have become twitchy. The prospect of... [Read more]

  • DON’T FORGET THE IMPACT OF POLITICS
    Tuesday, 26th January 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST week equities hit a brick wall. The US fourth quarter earnings season has been a disappointment so far. Companies are finding that a decent result on... [Read more]
  • REVENUES ARE CRUCIAL TO US EARNINGS
    Tuesday, 19th January 2010
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST year finished on a high note for global equity markets and this euphoria carried through into the first week of 2010. But after having shot out of their starting... [Read more]
  • JAPAN CAN’T RESCUE ITSELF BY SPENDING
    Tuesday, 12th January 2010
    DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST month I pointed out that the Nikkei’s chart looked terrible and said that Japan’s economic fundamentals were grim – national debt is around 200 per cent... [Read more]
  • BEWARE OF BOND MARKET VIGILANTES
    Tuesday, 5th January 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST year was an extraordinary one in the markets. Following a two-month stock market plunge as investors dumped risky assets, global indices have surged since March and... [Read more]