Economics Wrap: Crunch Time for the Locals
This week should see investors fully up to date on what the RBA thinks happened in the Australian economy over the holiday break and the likely path for the early months of 2022.
Read MoreThis week should see investors fully up to date on what the RBA thinks happened in the Australian economy over the holiday break and the likely path for the early months of 2022.
Read MoreMore than $15.3 billion worth of BHP shares were traded on Friday ahead of today’s commencement of higher market weightings in the major ASX indices for the mining giant.
Read MoreOvernight trading on the ASX futures saw a fall of 16 points at the close Saturday morning that bore little resemblance to the driving finish on Wall Street an hour or so earlier.
Read MoreUS jobs, central bank meetings, GDP for the Eurozone, Russian tensions in Ukraine, cranky markets – it’s shaping up as another busy week for investors to struggle with.
Read MoreThe annual assessment of disasters from Munich Re, one of the world’s biggest re-insurers, again raises the question of why you would want to invest in or run an insurance company.
Read MoreTesla has been great, but the award for listed company of 2021 surely goes to Apple as investors lifted its value to an unheard-of $US3 trillion on the first trading day of the New Year.
Read MoreSometimes it’s the supposedly smaller things that can grind industry to a halt, such as the current shortage of the obscure diesel additive AdBlue. ABx Group may just have a solution.
Read MoreDoes anybody truly believe that interest rate rises in Australia will have any impact on oil and petrol prices except to increase the cost of living for millions of people?
Read MoreWith global share markets having a tough time of it in the first weeks of 2022, AMP’s Shane Oliver highlights some key points for investors to keep in mind during turbulent times.
Read MoreSome investors have begun to question whether thematic ETFs still have a place in portfolios. ETF Securities explains why it believes products like their ROBO are still key strategic holdings.
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Read MoreApple has reported record revenue for the December quarter (its first for its 2021-22 financial year), topping sales forecasts for every major product it sells bar iPads.
Read MoreThe US economy grew faster than forecast in the December quarter and for 2021 as a whole, but that failed to hold the attention of Wall Street investors who continued to sell.
Read MoreShares in online retailer Kogan.com fell more than 12% to $6.15 on Thursday after another weak trading update and soft early figures on earnings for the December half.
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Read MoreWoodside has followed France’s TotalEnergies and Chevron of the US in quitting Myanmar following last year’s military coup and the deteriorating human rights situation there.
Read MoreGAM Investments’ Julian Howard outlines why combating inflation could upset markets but secular stagnation still suggests strategically holding long-dated assets.
Read MoreSolomon Lew’s Premier Investments has gone against the trend of weak updates from Australian retailers with a solid early report on its performance in the first half of 2021-22.
Read MoreSustainable investing is maturing – and so are the policies, disclosures and debates that surround it. Andrew Howard from Schroders takes a look into what this means for investors.
Read MoreOz Minerals earned record annual revenues as it lifted production and sales of gold and copper to take advantage of high prices for most of the year – especially copper.
Read MoreDespite a stronger than expected earnings report, concerns about supply chain problems led to Tesla shares slumping 5% in afterhours trading on Wednesday, US time.
Read MoreUS markets look like getting what they have demanded – a rate rise from the Federal Reserve at its March meeting.
Read MoreEmerging markets investing has always been risky. And yet, as VanEck Investments explains here, avoiding them means missing potential opportunities and diversification benefits.
Read MoreElfreda Jonker from Alphinity explains why she believes 2022 will be a more challenging year for markets and how her firm plans to navigate these choppy waters.
Read MoreInflation rose more sharply than forecast as business conditions and confidence eased in December, with the latter due to the rolling impact of Covid omicron on employment.
Read MoreFortescue Metals is heading for a sharp slide in revenue and earnings for the December half after the average price the company gets for its iron ore slumped by nearly 40%.
Read MoreA second half slowdown led by top producer China took the gloss off what should have been a year in which steel output topped the 2 billion tonnes mark for the first time.
Read MoreBell Potter analyst Hayden Nicholson updates developments in the LIC market. This week: Forager Australian Shares Fund (FOR).
Read MoreMyer has become the latest retailer to warn of the damage done to earnings from last year’s lockdowns and the sudden advance of the omicron variant of Covid in December through January.
Read MoreAdairs shares slumped more than 20% yesterday after the company joined the list of retailers warning of damage done to sales and earnings by last year’s Covid-driven lockdowns.
Read MoreSouth32 shares lost 3.6% to close at $3.94 on Monday despite solid December quarter numbers from its Cannington silver-lead mine in North West Queensland.
Read MoreArian Neiron from VanEck Investments looks at how active fund managers utilise ‘factors’ as a key part of their investment process to identify companies worthy of investment.
Read MoreWhitehaven Coal shares came under further pressure on Monday, falling more than 4% to a close of $2.65 in the wake of the miner’s weak December quarter report and outlook.
Read MoreRegis Resources revealed a story that will become more familiar from the resources sector in coming months as La Nina’s wet weather impacts mining and exploration efforts.
Read MoreAs we transition to a low carbon economy, a considerably large investment universe is starting to emerge. Fidelity identifies 8 key investment opportunities from within it.
Read MoreUnlike its smaller associate Djerriwarrh Investments, Australian Foundation Investment Co (AFIC) did not lift the company’s interim dividend, despite a surge in income and earnings.
Read MoreWoodside is looking at a near $1 billion one-off boost from the write back of previous losses taken in the troubled 2020 year as world prices collapsed and demand plummeted.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from Torian Resources (ASX: TNR), LBT Innovations (ASX: LBT), Adalta (ASX: 1AD) & Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT)
Read MoreTim Oldham – CEO and Managing Director – AdAlta is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that uses its i-body platform to discover and develop next-generation protein therapeutics addressing drug targets that are challenging for other technologies.
Read MoreAdrian Griffin – Managing Director – Lithium Australia plans to create a circular battery economy, improving resource security in the process.
Read MorePeretz Schapiro – Executive Director – Asra Minerals is a highly active gold exploration and development company with an extensive and strategic land holding comprising six projects.
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