Japanese equities have sold off over the last 36 hours as you can see in the first chart below. The Nikkei 225 has fallen by -2.80% over recent days, pushed lower by a change in sentiment – a move to risk-off.

Which means a stronger Yen, and that in turn adds pressure to Japanese stock prices.

The second chart below provides some…[Read more]

Its macro over micro at the moment as far as drivers of sentiment are concerned and that has shown in itself in the thoughts of strategists at Citigroup who have downgraded Europe today on the back of additional tariffs imposed by the US as a punishment for supporting Denmark over Greenland.
European indices are falling once more

President Trump…[Read more]

We recently looked at where Lloyd’s Banking stock might be in 5 years time.

You may recall that I said I preferred a bank with non-UK exposures, such as Barclays BARC LN .

JP Morgan writes on the sector today.

They nominate Barclays as their top pick, with an overweight rating, and a positive catalyst watch on the stock.
JPM are…[Read more]

Markets could be in for a a reset this week as the macro appears to overwhelming the micro.

Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive stance on Greenland could see the introduction of additional trade tariffs against EU states. Whilst its also possible that the US might take military action against the ruling regime in Iran.

Markets dislike…[Read more]

The third Monday in January (today 19/01/26) is also known as “Blue Monday” as it has the reputation of being the most depressing day of the year.

That’s thanks to a combination of holiday excess, in terms of both expenditure and consumption,
And with people often having been paid early in December, by mid January, bank accounts are…[Read more]

It’s no secret that stock markets are cyclical, swinging from bullish to bearish and back again as investor sentiment oscillates between greed and fear .

This happens at a micro level intraday, and at the macro level overtime scales of years ,or even decades .

What isn’t always appreciated is that markets are also prone to fashions. And…[Read more]

We are two weeks into January and this 2026, though to be honest so much has happened in that time it feels as though a lot more time has elapsed.

However it really only has been a fortnight.

That’s enough time for some trends to develop and perhaps provide pointers about what is to come in the balance of 2026.

The scatter chart below plots…[Read more]

Silver is up again overnight trading above $90.00 per troy ounce. The metal has gained almost +40.0% in a month.

One of the most straightforward ways to play Silver as a UK retail trader is Fresnillo FRES LN, one of the worlds largest silver miners, with extensive operations in Mexico.

Fresnillo have rallied by just over +34.0% in the last…[Read more]

Freeport Mcmoran are up again today though they haven’t printed above the 10 year high posted on Friday at $58.63 nevertheless they have registered a +32.0% gain since I first mentioned them here in early December.

I have added a chart that tracks the percentage change in the share from then, to today, below.

I recently highlighted the upside potential of Albemarle ALB US the worlds largest lithium refiner
see https://invesdaq.com/members/fatdaz/activity/390/.

Albemarle are called up +4.67% in the pre market today and have traded at $168.83 $10.00 above the level they were when I mentioned them a week a go. As you can see that move takes the stock…[Read more]

Nuclear stocks are to the fore in the US pre market as Meta Platforms META signs deals with OKLO OKLO and Vistra Energy VST the stocks are either side of +18.0% higher and the news has boosted other names among nuclear energy and uranium stocks.

URA US the GX Uranium ETF is up by +5.5% pre market

Stifel Canada wrote on Uranium stocks…[Read more]