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US employers add 312,000 jobs in December, far more than expected.

HP and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises have reached trading range support after December sell-offs and could break down in the coming months.

Hundreds of jobs are lost with the firm’s collapse after Monarch Airlines itself failed in 2017.

Good morning folks,
Shares are likely to be low on the list of priorities today for most, and the exchange closes early. For whatever it’s worth, we’ll be keeping an eye out for interesting company announcements.
All the best 
Graham

The NASDAQ is in …

Does Cyclically-Adjusted Price-to-Earnings ratio (CAPE, or P/E10) usefully predict stock portfolio returns? In their October 2017 paper entitled “The Many Colours of CAPE”, Farouk Jivraj and Robert Shiller examine validity and usefulness of…

The latest survey from the Nationwide says property values grew by just 0.5% last year.

Morning all!
Johnson Service ( £JSG ) – 116p – £426m – PER 11.7

Trading Update For The 6 Months To End December 2018 – Expect FY to be in-line with market expectations.

I have fair value here of lt;100p so it’s not of interest to me at this price…

The transport secretary expects no disruption at Dover under any circumstances. What if he is being over-optimistic?

The BBC’s Aaron Heslehurst explains how the X-ray became a million dollar idea.

Data – how it is created, stored, analysed and applied – will be a key theme in 2019, experts think.

Gilead Sciences shares posted gains on Thursday morning after Bistrol-Myers’ acquisition of Celgene sent shares across the sector higher.

Investors are fleeing the markets to a degree last seen since the 2008 financial crisis .

Interest rates can have a complicated ripple effect through financial markets. Learn more about how they specifically impact the stock market.

My call is to buy Apple at its "reversion to the mean" or 200-week simple moving average at $141.83, with my weekly value level at $136.08.

BBC News asked shoppers in Nottingham if they spent more or less in the run-up to Christmas 2018.

Corporate profit forecasts are crumbling on concerns about Fed rates and the U.S. trade war with China, threatening the bull market.

U.S. Steel stock has dropped into the 2009 bear market low, posting zero returns before dividends in the past decade.

It’s crucial that the five tech giants emerge as leaders again, says UBS’s Art Cashin.

In 2000, Africa was labeled “The Hopeless Continent” by The Economist. In 2011, the cover read “Africa Rising.” What has changed for investors?

FedEx and United Parcel Service ended 2018 in bear market territory, but both are 8.1% above Christmas lows of $150.94 and $89.89, respectively.

Many blue chip stocks are now selling below book value.

The brokerage predicted that GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis-derived drug Epidiolex will eventually surpass $1 billion in annual sales.

Apple slashed its revenue forecasts after encountering challenging trading conditions in China and waning demand for iPhone upgrades.

When I first started subscribing to stock market tip sheets in the 1990’s, the concept of “New Year Naps” popped onto my radar. Many tip sheets would choose a handful of favoured stocks (naps) for the year in a special section of their January edition….

The tech firm blames China for troubles but analysts say the sales warning highlights existing woes.

A company is offering an alternative – and slightly controversial – form of stress and anger management.

BBC World Service economics correspondent Andrew Walker looks at what 2019 has in store for the global economy.

Brexit uncertainty makes it tough to predict UK house prices in 2019 – but we asked some experts to have a go.

Happy new year!
News is very thin today, so I’m struggling to come up with ideas to discuss in today’s report. I’m also learning to type “2019” in all of the places where I used to type “2018”.
Several readers have requested a look at Spectra Systems …

Tesla shares fell sharply lower on Wednesday morning after its delivery report, but traders will be closely watching these key levels.