Rare Bright Spot for China in Caixin Survey
The Caixin/Markit survey of Chinese manufacturing surprised yesterday with the best reading for four months, directly contradicting the official National Statistics Bureau survey on Sunday.
Read MoreThe Caixin/Markit survey of Chinese manufacturing surprised yesterday with the best reading for four months, directly contradicting the official National Statistics Bureau survey on Sunday.
Read MoreRudolph van Niekerk – CEO – Kalium Lakes Limited is an exploration and development company focused on developing the 100% Owned Beyondie Sulphate Of Potash Project (BSOPP) in Western Australia.
Read MoreAlastair Wilkie – CEO – Change is redefining the possibilities of payments and card issuing by providing innovative infrastructure and tools for building customizable payment solutions.
Read MoreAdrian Floate – CEO – Cirralto Limited is a transaction services business supplying industries with a broad range of B2B payment services, digital trading software and integrated solutions.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from Cirralto (ASX: CRO), Change Financial (ASX: CCA), Houston We Have (ASX: HWH) & Kalium Lakes (ASX: KLL)
Read MoreEven with a late slide on the back of cagey commentary from the Chinese government about rising coal prices, October turned out to be a solid recovery month for most commodities.
Read MoreMonetary policy – especially interest rates and quantitative easing – will be on the agenda at a slew of meetings by central banks around the world, including those of Australia, the UK and of course, the US.
Read MoreTomorrow’s RBA meeting is big news here, but the Fed meeting and the much-tipped UK rate rise later in the week will also dominate should anything major come to pass.
Read MorePower shortages, higher prices for commodities, and cuts to production forced on businesses all took their toll on the Chinese economy last month, pushing it deeper into contraction.
Read MoreWe enter the final months of 2021 on the back of an October that overcame plenty of obstacles to be the best month all year, with more new highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Friday in a week replete with records.
Read MoreOctober is doling out a bit of a late whack to the already embattled iron ore sector in Australia, as a surprise new round of pollution cuts in China’s major steelmaking centre has sent global prices down by 7% to 10%.
Read MoreThey might not be as “sexy” as some of the other companies out there, but consumer giants Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Kraft Heinz and Starbucks are showing they can still hold their own, come what may.
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Read MoreFour of the world’s major carmakers are confident their renewable ambitions remain on track despite the current shortage of computer chips, a situation some say could last for another year or more.
Read MoreIn his regular Insights column, AMP Capital’s Dr Shane Oliver looks at the recent pullback in investment markets on the back of rising bond yields and renewed uncertainty regarding the outlook.
Read MoreMacquarie Group isn’t worried about the prospect of rising interest rates, hitching a $1.5 billion capital raising to a very solid interim result of a $2.04 billion net profit.
Read MoreThe US megatech sector took two body blows on Thursday with weaker than forecast third quarter performances by the two giants – Apple and Amazon.
Read MoreThree key issues – inflation, the power crunch, and China’s economy – reverberated during the third quarter of 2021 and continue to present a complex backdrop for global equity investors.
Read MoreNewcrest says it produced less gold, copper and silver during its first fiscal quarter because of mostly planned maintenance and upgrade work, but expects output to improve this quarter.
Read MoreNot easy to make a dollar in the retail space over the past couple of years. Here’s how three of the majors are faring: Coles Group, JB Hi-Fi, and Australian Pharmaceutical Industries.
Read MoreFor all the silly business media talk to the contrary, the bottom line is that ANZ has emerged from two years of pandemic hit lockdowns and disruptions in good shape and looking prudently run.
Read MoreInvestors missed the important news of a sharp fall in average prices buried in the Fortescue quarterly report, focusing instead on the headline of record exports of 45.6 million tonnes for the period.
Read MoreInvestors generally understand the importance emerging markets (EM) have had on our global economy, but this in not reflected in portfolios. Here are the top five reasons investors should consider EM.
Read MoreAndrew Grover – Executive Chairman – Houston We Have uses proprietary software, data, technology and mathematics to help humans make better decisions, especially when most at risk.
Read MoreThe Australian sharemarket is a touch lower after a couple of hours of trade, with the mining sector weighing most heavily.
Read MoreCanadian miner Teck Resources has given us a good idea of the bonanza September is turning out to be for some lucky mining companies and that October won’t be far behind.
Read MoreThe Dow Jones index fell by 266 points or 0.7%. And the S&P 500 index lost 0.5%, slipping from record highs. But the Nasdaq index closed little changed.
Read MoreThe search for yield is a perennial one. But, APN Property’s Mark Mazzarella argues, with rates at record lows, investors could be well rewarded to broaden their field of view to include Global REITs.
Read MoreGold Road Resources and Goldfields have revealed ambitious plans to extend the life of their Gruyere gold mine in WA, making it one of the deepest open cut gold mines in Australia.
Read MoreHeadline inflation fell sharply in the September quarter to an annual rate of 3% from the previous 3.8% reading that saw an outbreak of doomsaying about the cost of living and interest rates.
Read MoreReturns to the NZ dairy industry are close to record highs and yet shares in a2Milk slumped more than 12% at one stage on Wednesday as it became clear the company was being left behind in the boom.
Read MoreMagellan Portfolio Manager Chris Wheldon provides an update on Magellan’s High Conviction Strategy, discusses the recent news involving Facebook and outlines why he still likes the outlook for Alibaba.
Read MoreInvestors were not enthused about Woolworths’ September quarter update, despite the numbers looking good on paper thanks in part to another surge in online sales to a new high.
Read MoreMore confirmation on Tuesday that, for the megatechs, the three months to September were pretty good – even discounting the growing concerns about Facebook.
Read MoreThe Dow Jones index rose by 16 points or less than 0.1% to record highs. The S&P 500 index rose by 0.2% to record highs. And the Nasdaq index rose by 9 points or 0.1%.
Read MoreThe Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in a statement on Tuesday that it intends to cut its holdings of bonds issued by big carbon emitters such as Australia and Canada in coming years.
Read MoreDiversification still matters for exchange traded funds (ETFs), even though they have it built in through holding multiple stocks. However, there is more to ETF diversification than meets the eye.
Read MorePlenty of news from the resources sector on Tuesday, here are the details of key announcements made by Gold Road Resources, Mineral Resources, Pilbara Minerals and Oil Search.
Read MoreAmid all the criticism in the Victorian commission into Crown Resorts one fact dominates: Crown is not only too big to fail, it generates too much revenue to have its licence taken away.
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