Today I am outlining why HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA) (NYSE: HSBC.US) could be considered an attractive addition to any stocks portfolio. Splendid exposure to Asian markets Reflecting a trend across the entire banking sector, fears of significant economic cooling in developing markets has driven activity at HSBC steeply lower in Read More...

After a year of going nowhere but down,Standard Chartered(LSE: STAN) share price seems to have found support. Indeed, since March of this year, Standards share price has not fallen much below 1,200p. But have the banks shares really bottomed out? Priced in Standard has been subject to wave after wave Read More...

The share price of Foxtons(LSE: FOXT), the London and south-east estate agency, is currently down 5.4%, despite the company reporting increased revenue and profit in its interim results for the first half of 2104. Pre-tax profit rose 57.1%, to 23.1m, on group revenue that was up 16.2%, to 72.8m, driven, Read More...

Despite geopolitical tensions, the price of oil is falling. Indeed, the price of Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, has recently slipped below the $103 per barrel mark after hitting a high of more than $115 per barrel during June. This is bad news forRoyal Dutch Shell(LSE: RDSB) andBP(LSE: BP). Read More...

Tesco(LSE: TSCO) (NASDAQOTH: TSCDY.US)is in crisis mode as the company struggles to compete with lower cost rivals such as Aldi and Lidl, otherwise known as the discounters. Unfortunately, the discounter war has already claimed the head of Tescos (now former) CEO,Philip Clarke, whose previous turnaround attempt failed to gain traction Read More...

I wouldnt bet a penny on the shares of Vodafone (LSE: VOD) (NASDAQ: VOD.US), Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN)and AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) (NYSE: AZN.US)these days. Whats Going On? The shares of these three companies outperformed the market last week in the wake of persistent M&A talk: Vodafone stock was up Read More...