Fiona Craig

London open: FTSE slips towards two-month lows as data eyed London shares stumbled towards two-month lows on Friday following a sluggish session on Wall Street as geopolitics weighed and ahead of some major data releases as the week draws to an end. After an hour of trading the FTSE 100 was down 21 points or […]

London open: Stocks nudge up as investors eye jobs data London stocks nudged higher in early trade ahead of some key UK jobs data and an expected interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,505.79, while the pound was 0.2% higher versus the euro and […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. OECD Outlook: Global economy is ‘better, but not good enough’ The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) indicated that the global economy is doing better, but has not yet improved sufficiently to make a material difference to people’s lives. The Paris-based […]

London open: Stocks edge higher as investors eye jobs data, Fed London stocks edged higher in early trade and the pound bounced back from losses as investors awaited the release of key UK jobs data and looked to the Federal Reserve’s latest policy announcement. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,374.59. […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK services PMI dropped in February In February, the services PMI in the UK recorded a drop to 53.30, compared to market expectations of a drop to 54.10. In the previous month, the services PMI had registered a reading of 54.50. UK […]

Simon Wakins, author of the new book Trade Financial Markets Like The Pros, has been interviewed for a podcast about the book. The interview, conducted by Martin Bamford, was for Informed Choice Radio. In it, the host asks Simon why it has become so much harder to make money from trading investment markets, what impact […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK services PMI rose surprisingly in December In December, the services PMI in the UK climbed unexpectedly to 56.20, compared to market expectations of a fall to a level of 54.70. The services PMI had registered a reading of 55.20 in the […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: Tom Winnifrith’s Nifty Fifty newsletter looked at Fox Marble (LSE:FOX) and their disappointing update, Petropavlovsk (LSE:POG) and their recent impact assessment at Andreevskaya East, Character Group (LSE:CCT) who have had very positive results, and Begbies […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE maintained 0.25% interest rate, warned of 2017 slowdown The BoE’s nine-member monetary policy committee unanimously voted to hold the benchmark interest rate at 0.25% and maintain the current asset purchase programme at £435 billion. Minutes of the meeting indicated that while […]

This week on ADVFN’s premium newsletters you could read top tips and market analysis about the following companies and issues: The OMG blog (Opportunity 4 Material Gains) has a track of record of analysing AIM companies and recommendation ones that are going to rise. This week in the weekly review they looked at Redhall (LSE:RHL), […]