Financial Market Insights

FAANG stocks are considered the ‘top tier’ tech firms – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google are some of the most popular, and best performing, stocks on the market. Discover what you need to know about trading FAANG stocks, including how to buy and short the tech giants.

Explore 22 key Japanese candlestick patterns here – including bullish, bearish, reversal and continuation patterns. Plus, how to trade using candlesticks, and more.

Breakout trading is a strategy in which you take a position at the onset of a trend, hoping to profit from the large volume of trades that follow. Learn how to identify breakouts before they occur and the best entry strategies for breakout trading.

Bausch + Lomb is cleared-eyed and looking toward the future with an IPO that will distinguish the optical health company from its parent organization, Bausch Health. Learn everything you need to know about Bausch + Lomb ahead of its IPO.

Financial analysis ratios are used to assess a company’s health and future outlook, which investors, traders and analysts will use to make buy and sell decisions. Take a look at some of the most important financial ratios used in stock analysis.

ServiceTitan, a software company serving home maintenance businesses and field workers is expected to go public this year in the US at an $18b valuation.

Bear markets typically occur every few years, but still manage to catch traders and investors off-guard. Find out more about bear markets and how to prepare yourself for any market downturn.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) describe the financial transactions enacted to combine two companies. Read how mergers and acquisitions are structured and how they affect traders and shareholders in our full guide.

Markets are always on the move, but the speed and size of price changes is what creates excitement (and risk) for traders. So, let’s take a look at how to trade volatility, and which markets experience the highest levels of volatility.

Carbon trading gives governments, companies and individuals the chance to speculate on and hedge against changes in the price of carbon credits – a cap-and-trade system aimed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Find out more about carbon trading and how you can open a position.

Intel’s self-driving car unit Mobileye has filed to go public in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of 2022. Find out everything we know about Mobileye ahead of its IPO.

LanzaTech is set to become the first carbon capture company to go public, giving investors exposure to the growing industry. Find out everything we know about LanzaTech’s 2022 SPAC deal.

The news is a core part of any trading or investment strategy, so learning how to trade the news is a great skill for any trader to have under their belt. Discover everything you need to know about news trading before you take a position.

Meetings and policy changes from OPEC are key drivers of oil prices, so it’s important to understand how the organisation works and how it can impact your positions on oil markets. Find out everything you need to know about OPEC in our one-page guide.

Warren Buffett is famous for the extraordinary success of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, and his straightforward philosophy of value investing. Learn more about Buffett’s ideology and why other traders try to replicate his portfolio.

The plant-based meal replacement company Huel is expected to go public sometime this year after enlisting Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan to advise on a possible IPO in the London Stock Exchange.