Markets
US Battle with Inflation Far from Done
We got a taste Tuesday of what could become an ongoing reality for markets – a one step forward, one step back, going nowhere stream of news about the battle against inflation.
Read MoreHas the Market Seen Something the Rest of Us Haven’t?
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson is as surprised as anyone about the market’s recent rally, and how investors seem to have turned up to the party before the invitations have even been printed.
Read MoreIndustrials Intel: JHX, CSL, ANN
A bit of a mixed bag from three of our big industrial companies on Tuesday, with James Hardie and Ansell both taking a recent earnings hit but old reliable CSL still going strong.
Read MoreNAB Survey Says, “Unexpected Confidence Boost”
The National Australia Bank’s February business survey unexpectedly showed business conditions ending a three-month slide with a small pick-up and confidence also rebounding.
Read More10 Charts for Optimism in 2023
As Quay Global explains, recent data suggests that inflation may have been transitory, and there’s been some positive growth across the housing, energy and job sectors.
Read MoreImproving Value in Fixed Income
Mihkel Kase explains why Schroders has been deploying cash and increasing its portfolio’s interest rate and credit risk via high quality credit, as inflation peaks and growth weakens.
Read MoreBottom Line Buzz: BRG, TPW, SWM
The local reporting season for the December period is picking up steam – here are the important bits from the announcements by Breville Group, Temple & Webster and Seven West Media.
Read MoreASX closes 0.18% higher ahead of Wall Streets CPI data
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Peter Milios from Finance News Network with a round-up of the highlights from today’s ASX trading session.
Read MoreDexus (ASX:DXS) Releases Half-Yearly Result
Leading real estate investment trust Dexus (ASX: DXS) has today released results for the half year ended 31 December 2022.
Read MoreHealthcare pushes ASX 0.4% higher at noon
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Peter Milios from Finance News Network with all the news from today’s morning trading session on the ASX.
Read MoreStocks of the Hour: ELT, FAL, MAT, ANP
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Abbey Phillipps from Finance News Network breaks down some stocks making noise in today’s ASX trading session.
Read MoreWhen You Wish upon a Falling Star
The dispassionate investor or analyst would be concerned at the adverse market reaction yesterday to the interim trading update from embattled casino group Star Entertainment.
Read MorePayout Upped but Distant Clouds Loom for JB HiFi
A higher dividend was about all the good news in JB HiFi’s interim report on Monday as sales growth in Australia slowed dramatically, especially for its Good Guys whitegoods business.
Read MoreThe Safeguard Mechanism – What’s All the Fuss About?
Alphinity IM’s Jessica Cairns looks at proposed changes to the Safeguard Mechanism and Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that have sent the Australian ESG world into a flurry.
Read MoreMarket Morsels: IAG, FBU, AZJ
New Zealand’s wild weather is playing havoc with companies on both sides of the Tasman, with updates from IAG and Fletcher Building released Monday, as well as one from Aurizon.
Read MorePolicy Change for Beach to Unleash Franking
Beach Energy has made an important change to the company’s dividend policy to allow it to start giving shareholders more of its half a billion plus dollars in unused franking credits.
Read MoreEnergy’s efforts are not enough to lift the ASX
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Peter Milios from Finance News Network with a round-up of the highlights from today’s ASX trading session.
Read MoreASX opens lower following the S&P500’s worst week in 2 months
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Peter Milios from Finance News Network with all the news from today’s morning trading session on the ASX.
Read MoreStocks of the Hour: PNX, BRU, CR9
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Abbey Phillipps from Finance News Network breaks down some stocks making noise in today’s ASX trading session.
Read MoreWebinar Recap – MAP, S3N, NXS & SYA
Catch up on the full webinar with presentations from Microba (ASX: MAY), SensOre (ASX: S3N), Next Science (ASX: NXS) & Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA)
Read MoreSayona Mining (ASX: SYA) – Webinar Presentation
Dougal Elder – Finance Manager – Sayona Mining is an emerging leader in the supply of lithium for North America’s electrification.
Read MoreNext Science (ASX: NXS) – Webinar Presentation
Judith Mitchell – Managing Director – Next Science uses innovation and cutting-edge technology to apply material science principles to address, and ultimately resolve, one of the leading causes of antimicrobial resistance: bacterial biofilms.
Read MoreSensOre (ASX: S3N) – Webinar Presentation
Richard Taylor – CEO – SensOre aims to become the top performing minerals targeting company in the world through exploration that combines AI technology, big data and vast geoscientific expertise.
Read MoreMicroba (ASX: MAP) – Webinar Presentation
Luke Reid – CEO – Microba is a precision microbiome science company powering medical innovation to transform human health.
Read MoreHow Splitit’s (ASX: SPT) Business Model Differs from BNPL Companies
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Splitit Limited (ASX:SPT) CEO Nandan Sheth talks with FNN’s Tim McGowen about the buy now, pay later sector, and Splitit’s various business model partnerships.
Read MoreCommodities Corner: Oh, those Russians
Oil ended up dominating the latter part of the week on Friday and will drive prices for some of the week ahead, after Russia said it will cut production by 500,000 barrels a day next month.
Read MoreAll Eyes on Omaha for the Oracular Spectacular
One of the most watched global investment events is about to occur, with Berkshire Hathaway’s 2022 update and, more importantly, Chairman Warren Buffett’s latest letter to investors.
Read MoreEarnings Round-Up: CBA Leads the Charge
The health of the Australian December reporting period will be heavily influenced by the midweek interim earnings release by the local market’s second biggest company, the Commonwealth Bank.
Read MoreSharemarkets Show Surprising Confidence in Central Bankers
The fact that global share markets – particularly at the more cyclical and speculative end – have started 2023 in such strong fashion makes IML’s Daniel Moore more wary than excited.
Read MoreMonday Market Minutes: A Test of Faith
With America’s January inflation readings set to dominate markets in the week ahead, will investors be forced to abandon the optimism that has fuelled the gains we’ve seen so far in 2023?
Read MoreDiary: Huffing and Puffing
The US Consumer Price Index is back again to terrorise investors for a day or two this week and heaven help the markets if there’s a repeat of that massive jobs data forecast miss.
Read More10 Critical Metals of Clean Energy
Global X looks forward and answers questions concerning the current supply and demand dynamics of clean metals as the world rapidly transitions towards a greener economy.
Read MoreNetflix Streaming Ahead as its Rivals Stumble
Netflix seems to have won the streaming video war, leaving its rivals in tatters – bleeding billions in losses and write downs, job cuts and redundancy costs and other charges.
Read MoreComing to Terms with Disinflation
Disinflation – a fall in the rate of inflation – is suddenly the new big buzzword of American economic commentary, as is sure to be the case in Australia, once it can be found here.
Read MoreThe New York Times: All the black ink that’s fit to print
Make your own observations about the relative seriousness of the problems confronting major media groups like Disney and News Corp, then compare them to the enormous success of The New York Times.
Read MoreThe RBA Hikes Rates by Another 0.25% – Are we there Yet?
The AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver discusses the RBA’s rate hike and explains why, with inflationary pressures easing globally & showing signs of doing so here as well, he believes the cash rate is near the top.
Read MoreThe Week that Was: February 6-10, 2023
We understand you are busy and may not have been left with enough time to keep up with the quality content we’ve been bringing you throughout the week. So here it is in one handy location. You’re welcome.
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