Retail Continues on Road to Recovery
Retail sales jumped a stronger than forecast 1.8% in February with shoppers continuing to spend up as the Covid Omicron fears of December and early January dissipated.
Read MoreRetail sales jumped a stronger than forecast 1.8% in February with shoppers continuing to spend up as the Covid Omicron fears of December and early January dissipated.
Read MoreA federal election always makes for a giveaway budget and this year it’s no different. We take an in-depth look at what may well be Josh Frydenberg’s final budget as Treasurer.
Read MoreDespite a weak 2021-22 annual result, Sigma Healthcare believes it is in the final phase of its reboot and ready to show that it has overcome the problems that have been dogging it.
Read MoreGlobal clean energy stocks have risen sharply in the past few weeks with Russia’s war against Ukraine transforming into a global energy war. VanEck’s Alice Shen takes a closer look.
Read MoreMacquarie upgrades its rating for Gold Road Resources to Neutral from Underperform, while retaining its $1.70 target price.
Read MoreThe Buy rating and $3.58 target are retained.
Read MoreCovid has returned to haunt global markets with oil and gold prices slumping sharply after China reversed course and revealed a 9-day lockdown of its biggest city, Shanghai.
Read MoreIt should be really exciting times for Trigg Mining, which is working to bring onstream one of Australia’s largest deposits of Sulphate of Potash, a premium fertiliser product.
Read MoreDespite the $2.4 billion cost of March’s flooding along the East Coast, Fitch Ratings believes Australian general insurers like QBE, IAG and Suncorp will be able to avoid financial disaster.
Read MoreIn thinking through the latest AREIT reporting season, APN’s Pete Morrissey sees six big learnings for investors looking for attractive, sustainable income streams in the years ahead.
Read MoreLots going on around the traps to kick the week off, and here is the latest news from Star Entertainment Group, Carnarvon Energy and financial sector stalwart AMP Limited.
Read MoreCovid continues to take a toll on mining operations, with gold producer St Barbara warning an outbreak at its Simberi mine on a remote north-east island of PNG has slammed output.
Read MoreGuinea’s ruling junta has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and its Chinese-backed JV partner to resume development work at the huge Simandou iron ore deposit.
Read MoreThe Outperform rating and target price of $35.00 are retained.
Read MoreMorgans raises its rating for WH Soul Pattinson to Add from Hold given more than 10% upside for total shareholder returns to the new 12-month target of $30.60, reduced from $36.78.
Read MoreThe Outperform rating is retained and the target price decreases to NZ$29.87 from NZ$37.57.
Read MoreMorgans initiates coverage on IT services company Atturra with an Add rating and $0.78 target price.
Read MoreNick de Blocq – Chief Executive Officer – Kinetiko is an Australian company in the energy exploration business, solely focused on advanced sandstone gas and coal bed methane (CBM) discovery and commercialisation in an energy challenged Republic of South Africa.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from 3D Oil (ASX: TDO), Kinetiko (ASX: KKO), MesoBlast (ASX: MSB) & Stealth Global Holdings (ASX: SGI)
Read MoreSilviu Itescu – Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director – Mesoblast uses its proprietary technology platform to develop and commercialise innovative allogeneic cellular medicines to treat complex diseases resistant to conventional standard of care and where inflammation plays a central role.
Read MoreMike Arnold – Group Managing Director – Stealth Global Holdings is a broad-line business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) distributor of industrial, maintenance, repair, operating (MRO), safety, workplace supplies and other related products and services.
Read MoreNoel Newell – Directors & Executive Team – 3D Oil Limited was motivated by an initial focus on the Gippsland Basin, which has been one of the most prolific oil and gas producing region in Australia.
Read MoreChina’s struggle to contain Omicron shows no sign of improving, despite official media trumpeting a fall in cases where people with the virus are exhibiting symptoms.
Read MoreWith sharemarkets expected to move higher again this week, one has to wonder whether the strength is relief-driven about the war in Ukraine, or perhaps because the Fed has started increasing rates.
Read MoreWith the election looming, tomorrow’s 2022-23 federal budget will no doubt contain plenty of goodies – despite a big deficit – aimed at enabling the Liberal Party to hold onto office.
Read MoreOil is still the driver to commodity price movements because of events in Ukraine but US interest rates and the value of the greenback are also starting to have a growing impact on markets.
Read MoreWhile tomorrow’s federal budget dominates local business matters, globally it will be a combination of the March US jobs report and the final surveys of business activity for last month.
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Read MoreWarren Buffett looks to be onto another winner with Berkshire Hathaway’s purchase this week of cash-rich US insurance giant Alleghany Corp for a smidgen under $US12 billion.
Read MoreRecent developments in Ukraine have led to many questions regarding the implications for global growth, inflation and the markets. Pilar Gomez-Bravo from MFS tries to answer some of them.
Read MoreSouth Korean steelmaker Posco has joined the so-called ‘brine rush’ in heading for Argentina’s lithium-rich salt deposits where it eventually plans to boost its investment to at least $US4 billion.
Read MoreDon’t believe suggestions that China’s housing and property crisis is easing – if anything this week has shown it to be a black hole that is only getting wider and deeper.
Read MoreNot even predictions of Brent at up to $US250 a barrel and the expected disappearance of huge amounts of Russian oil in coming months have been enough to spark a rise in production.
Read MoreThe $54 target price and Neutral rating are retained after upgrades to the broker’s EPS estimates due to stronger JB Australia sales and earnings margins.
Read MoreThe Sell rating and target price of $73.16 are retained.
Read MorePremier Investments has boosted interim dividend 35% to a record 46 cents a share after meeting upgraded guidance for revenue and earnings for the six months to January.
Read MoreIn an unusually generous deal, McPherson’s is placing almost 10% of its capital with the giant Chemist Warehouse Group in exchange for a major distribution agreement.
Read MoreNot even a whopping $600 million plus statutory loss linked to the takeover of Milton Corporation last October could take the gloss off a strong earnings report from Soul Pattinson.
Read MoreFour identifiable stages make up the economic cycle: expansion, slowdown, contraction and recovery. Cameron McCormack from VanEck looks at each in an investment context.
Read MoreBrickworks had a very strong six months to January thanks largely to its various investments, with strong revenue and underlying net profit after tax up 269% to $330 million.
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