FTSE 100 News

Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) is getting pounded today on the London Exchange following issuance of its January Trading Report. Folks, it was not good news. Pearson shares closed yesterday at 1311.00 on the London Exchange. It’s share price is currently at 1192.00, down 9.08%. When a company has a market cap of £9.65 billion, that kind of […]

FTSE 100 (FTSE:UKX) has been going upwards since the middle of December 2013. This is a trend that is supposed to be sustained for the most part of this year. On the chart, the price is above the EMA 21, which is sloping upwards; while the MACD (standard settings) has both its histogram and signal […]

Forty minutes is a long time to hold your breath, but there’s a bunch of us doing it right now. The FTSE has been riding high above the 6840 mark for most of the day. If it finishes above 6840.27, it will be the index’s highest close since 30 December 1999. About two hours ago […]

I like to scan the headlines before I do any real reading or in-depth research. There are times when this practice can be anything from humorous to downright confusing. That’s especially true when comparing operational performance to share price performance, and even more so when comparing the share price and the operational results of two […]