• WE HAVE NOT YET REACHED THE BOTTOM
    Tuesday, 31st August 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT WE’RE getting closer to the end of the summer and there is a growing fear that the rest of the year will see serious ructions in the financial markets. US economic data... [Read more]

  • EQUITIES NOT YET PRICING IN DEFLATION
    Tuesday, 24th August 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT WHILE July was a good month for most stock indices, August has been pretty grim so far. An early rally faded as the S&P encountered significant resistance around 1,130... [Read more]
  • SUMMER FALL MAY SET TONE FOR AUTUMN
    Tuesday, 17th August 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT When I set off on holiday two weeks ago, equities were soaring. The S&P was threatening to burst through the top end of a significant band of resistance between 1,124... [Read more]
  • FRAGILE US IS STILL RELIANT ON STIMULUS
    Tuesday, 3rd August 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT THE tension in the tug-of-war between equity bulls and bears cranked up a few notches last week. Initially, results from the second quarter earnings season boosted stocks... [Read more]

  • STRENGTH IN EQUITIES IS SURPRISING
    Tuesday, 27th July 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    AFTER a shaky start, last week saw the second quarter US earnings season come alive and galvanise equity markets. The strong rally that began on Thursday was thanks to better-than-expected bottom... [Read more]
  • LABOUR DATA IS A WORRY FOR THE US
    Tuesday, 6th July 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT FOR many investors the long weekend in the US couldn’t have come at a better time. On top of Europe’s sovereign debt problems, and signs that Chinese growth is slowing,... [Read more]
  • TECHNICALS DRIVING THE RECENT RALLY
    Tuesday, 15th June 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT WE HAVE seen a fair recovery in global equities over the past few days. Even Friday’s terrible retail sales numbers from the US weren’t considered bad enough to dampen... [Read more]
  • US JOBS DATA CASTS DOUBT ON RECOVERY
    Tuesday, 8th June 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT FRIDAY saw the release of the US non-farm payroll number for May. Following last month’s positive news, with 290,000 jobs added, the consensus this time was for an increase... [Read more]
  • UNRESOLVED ISSUES CAUSE HEADACHES
    Tuesday, 1st June 2010
    DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT MOST investors will be relieved to see the back of May and hope that June will usher in greater market stability and lower volatility. The last month has... [Read more]
  • FORK IN THE ROAD FOR THE PRICE OF OIL
    Tuesday, 25th May 2010
    DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT GLOBAL equities have taken a hammering over the past month. A whole host of issues which had been simmering on the back-burner have begun to boil over. The... [Read more]
  • EUROPEAN TROUBLES HURT ASIA
    Tuesday, 18th May 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT THE European bailout package stunned traders and investors alike. Initially, hopes were high that it would help shore-up confidence. But looking at the markets’ reaction... [Read more]
  • DEBT FEARS PROPEL GOLD AND SILVER
    Tuesday, 11th May 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT THESE are truly extraordinary times. There is so much affecting financial markets that it’s difficult to know where to start. We’ve seen some odd movements recently, not... [Read more]
  • GOLDMAN, GOLD AND GOLDILOCKS
    Tuesday, 4th May 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT OVER the past week, a number of big stories have jostled each other off the front pages. The Greek debt crisis went critical and the odds of European contagion shortened... [Read more]
  • DEVIL IN THE DETAIL OF NON FARM DATA
    Tuesday, 30th March 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    WITH Good Friday marking the start of the Easter holiday, investors could be forgiven for expecting the shortened week to lead to traders’ indifference and an “end-of-term” atmosphere. Yet this could... [Read more]
  • REGULATION WILL EXCITE THE MARKETS
    Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
    DAVID MORRISON
    POLITICAL issues look like dominating markets this week. This started on Sunday when President Obama’s healthcare reform was passed narrowly by the House of Representatives. In France, Nicolas... [Read more]
  • 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]