Outperformance that’s a word that keeps cropping up in my feeds most likely because that’s not what most people and their portfolios are doing right now .

Why is that ? Well put simply they have the wrong positions / exposure tracking the market through an ETFR like SPY, VOO or their European equivalents is a great plan until the stocks that…[Read more]

Is the Japanese Yen about to bounce higher?

Since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide election win on February 8, the Japanese stock market has soared to all-time highs, bond yields slumped and the Japanese Yen became less weak.

Against the US dollar, the exchange rate has dropped from 157 to 153, extending the broad pattern beneath the c…[Read more]

UBS Wealth has downgraded the Communication Services sector today it follows a downgrade to the Information Technology sector by the money manager last week The wealth manager is concerned a bout the scale of AI and data centre related capex n the sectors which it reminds customers could consume most of the sector free cash flow leaving…[Read more]

Multi asset broker eToro ETOR US sees its stock rally by +18.0% today following better than expected earnings and news of an additional $100 million share buy back.

Though the stock remains well below its June 2025 highs circa $79.96. a close above the 50 D MA found at $33.48 would be something for the bulls to hold on to.

Rivals Robinhood…[Read more]

These are strange days in the markets make no mistake. Consider this comment on the S&P 500 by former market maker Noel Smith:

” The S&P is flat over the past month, but the average stock moved 10.8% — a dispersion spread at the 99th percentile over 30 years. ”

And this recent quote from market commentator Michael Batnick “Wild market. W…[Read more]

Palantir completes a top formation?

Uncertainty is growing in financial markets.

Many long-running bull trends have collapsed (eg software stocks), while assets like gold and silver have regressed significantly from their recent peaks.

Meanwhile, a few red-hot Asian markets are near-term overbought (eg, Kospi and Nikkei 225).

In sum, it is…[Read more]

NatWest Group followed up their announcement earlier this week that it was buying wealth manager Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn with a solid set of full year results, although that wasn’t enough to prevent its shares from falling to their lowest levels since October 2025, testing the 200-day SMA in the process, having started February well above th…[Read more]

Which of these would you rather own right now? and for the long-term?

I am happy to stick with Walmart WMT US myself.

I picked them out 18 months or so ago and I am happy with how they have performed and their prospects going forward

They day it will all change is not far away!

I spent a lot of yesterday looking at the sectors and industries that have outperformed the S&P 500 over the year to date what was very clear is that many of these outperforming groups have their roots in the old economy ( see table 1) rather than the new economies of software and technology.…[Read more]

Surprise, surprise – UK utility stocks breaking out

One thing AI can’t really replicate is the provision of basic utilities. Can it, for example, provide clean water, electricity and install nation-wide power grid? No. So while AI may automate bookkeeping or chat with you online nonstop, it doesn’t pull copper wires to your property.

Perhaps for…[Read more]

Are housebuilders making a comeback?

While macro-data coming out of the UK economy these days is generally ‘subdue’ (latest GDP +0.1% in 4Q25), investors seem to be warming up to the housebuilding sector.

Yesterday, a few property instruments broke out to the upside.

One major speculation is that the beleaguered Labour government may rev…[Read more]

The shares of financial adviser St James ‘s Place sold off by -13.39% yesterday. The reason the emergence in the US of a new platform that will allow financial advisors to create bespoke tax efficient planning for their clients.

In other words Ai is helping to automate and speed up, and personalize the advisors job, and that wasn’t seen a…[Read more]

Modest decline in BP shares today from 20-month high, after management axed the buyback. Not a moment too soon IMO. The company has been poorly run for years and it would appear new management are drawing a line under the old regime with Meg O’Neil due to start as CEO in April.…[Read more]