Overnight: Nobody Knows
There was a lot of noise coming out of the White House last night as to whether or not these tariffs will go ahead, but at the end of the day, nobody knows. Dow down -27.
Read MoreThere was a lot of noise coming out of the White House last night as to whether or not these tariffs will go ahead, but at the end of the day, nobody knows. Dow down -27.
Read MoreAfter a wild week last week, markets have stalled ahead of this week’s major events. Dow down -105.
Read MoreThe ASX shed 2% last week and was not able to recover the big 3% plus losses on Tuesday and Wednesday. The index gained 24 points on Friday to 6,707, but this was down from the record high of 6,888 tapped on Monday.
Read MoreA number of events and data releases this week will grab the attention of investors here and offshore.
Read MoreA brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Read MoreWall Street fell and rallied back on trade news last night that was not news at all. Dow up 28.
Read More2020 is likely to see global growth pick up with monetary policy remaining easy. Expect the RBA to cut the cash rate to 0.25% and to undertake quantitative easing.
Read MorePolicymakers are cooling to a business model that lowers wages and skirts regulations.
Read MoreA trade deal will be signed before December 15, apparently, despite what the president said on Tuesday night. Dow up 150.
Read MoreThere goes most of the tentative gains in the back half of 2019 as the ASX 200 on Wednesday fell to a level under what it was on June 28, the last trading day of the first half of this year.
Read MoreThe Australian and US stock markets have fallen heavily as Trump ramps up the threats in the face of trade deal stagnation. Dow down -290.
Read MoreChina’s PMI returned to expansion, Europe’s improved and the US saw a further drop into contraction. Dow down -268.
Read MoreAnother surprise from China yesterday with the second survey of manufacturing activity showing a surprise acceleration in the rate of expansion in November.
Read MoreMost governments in developed economies have been reluctant to stimulate – Australia is no different – and have left it to central banks to flog monetary policy as hard possible towards quantitative easing with policy moves such negative interest rates and bond-buying. But there are some governments starting to move.
Read MoreNovember turned out to be better than expected and analysts are confident that December will see a repeat of the mostly solid gains for equities, unlike a year ago when there was a massive sell-off in the final six weeks of the year that culminated in big falls and lows on Christmas Eve.
Read MoreThere’s a very busy week ahead for markets with key economic data to take in from Australia, the EU, US, and China while the UK election campaign is heading towards the poll 11 days away.
Read MoreFriday saw the ASX 200 end November with a small loss but was still up 2.65% for the month with most of those gains coming last week with a rise of 2.03%. The index is up 21% year to date.
Read MoreA brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Read MoreTrump has signed US support for the Hong Kong protesters into law. Wall Street was closed.
Read MoreLast night’s data release suggest the US economy is not being overly impacted by the trade war. Dow up 42.
Read MoreAhead of the Herd’s Rick Mills explores the rapidly developing 3D printing industry and its inherent challenges.
Read MoreAnother day, another tentative tick-up to new highs on Wall Street on more supposedly positive trade talk. Dow up 55.
Read MoreSome signs of hope on the IP front had Wall Street back to setting new all-time highs last night. Dow up 190.
Read MoreA step up in key data and other reports this week, as well as a major speech from Reserve Bank Governor, Philip Lowe.
Read MoreA brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Read MoreIt was revealed last night the Chinese premier has invited the US trade delegation over for more talks. Wall Street’s getting a bit sick of it all. Dow down -54.
Read MoreAll Westpac’s fault, or was there something more behind the big two day fall in the ASX on Wednesday and Thursday?
Read MoreIt now looks as if no trade deal will be signed until next year. Dow down -112.
Read MoreWall Street once again shrugged off negative trade news to close flat (S&P). Dow down -80.
Read MoreBeijing is now reportedly pessimistic about a trade deal. Wall Street again hit new highs. Dow up 31.
Read MoreApple continues to do well in the market, but Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is not getting any boost as a result and the fabled investor is now looking at what could be his worst year’s performance in decades in 2019.
Read MoreMore records on Friday for Wall Street with the Dow ending the session and the week above 28,000 for the first time.
Read MoreHong Kong has confirmed that the months of protests and growing violence has plunged its economy into its first recession for a decade.
Read MoreA quiet week globally and in Australia with third-quarter US earnings reports trailing off, economic data in its usual late month trough and China’s monthly economic data out of the way.
Read MoreA brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Read MoreWall Street closed flat last night, again, stoically holding out for positive news on the trade front that never comes. Dow down -1.
Read MoreWith an increasing number of activist short selling campaigns targeting stocks perceived as overvalued, nervous directors will be asking ‘who’s next?’
Read MoreAre the trade talks headed towards another stalemate? Dow up 92.
Read MoreOops, got that one very wrong. Most NZ economists had tipped the Reserve Bank of NZ to cut its key official cash rate by 0.25% but the central bank sat pat has followed its Trans-Tasman counterpart and sat on its hands.
Read MoreWall Street is getting pretty sick of a trade deal being perpetually “close”. Dow completely and utterly “unch”.
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