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Australian Wine Set To Cycle Back Up Again?

- One stockbroker has gone contrarian on prospects for Australian wine producers- BA-ML is predicting a long lasting upcycle- Change in industry dynamics should benefit Treasury Wine EstatesBy Greg PeelWe recall that the Australian wine industry underwent a significant boom beginning from around the...

Another Quick Fix For Credit Junkies

It's going to be a great week for interest rate fetishists. The Reserve Bank of Australia meets on Tuesday to decide what to fix the price of money at in Australia.
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Copper Showing The Way Forward?

FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. In this latest video, Jerry Simmons explains why copper may well be showing the way forward for other risk assets.

Fifty Points Necessary, Says RBA

By Greg PeelWell I stand corrected, given I was in the "only 25" school. My thinking was that a one-hit 50 basis point cut in the RBA cash rate would tend to suggest an "emergency" situation and risked the RBA board looking foolish for not having delivered incremental cuts earlier.

Peter Switzer: Sticking To This Proven Investment Strategy

By Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportWe had a potential financial planning client who only had $6 million to invest around August last year and while many of us would have loved to be him, he once had $20 million!That's why he came to see us, but because he was so pessimistic after reading a w...

World’s Youngest CEO: Harli Jordean

We love the kids, don’t we? But Harli Jordean, the 8 year old kid, soon to be 9, is just too cute. Harli Jordean was born in Stoke Newington, London in spring 2003.

The Economy: Rate Cut Looms

Interest rates will fall next week after the lowest inflation figures for some time in the March quarter took the market by surprise.

China: Manufacturing Sees Small Recovery

Another month of contraction for Chinese manufacturing, but the chances of so-called soft landing for the economy have been reinforced by the latest flash estimate on sentiment from the sector for April.

Uranium Sellers Sensing Strength

By Greg PeelThe market for spot uranium seems destined to reach some sort of meeting of the minds which could result in more solid volumes, but not just yet.

Potential Break Out For EUR/USD

FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. The latest video explains why EUR/USD continues to have Jerry Simmons' full attention as the cross is facing key weekly resistance at 1.

May Cut Locked In, And Maybe June?

By Greg PeelBy way of its April monetary policy statement the Reserve Bank of Australia was uncharacteristically candid in basically telling the market a rate cut was on the cards for May as long as the March quarter CPI result didn't surprise to the upside.

China: Soft Landing Looming

China isn't crashing, it's slowing and there's been a turnaround in sentiment (judging by the latest Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Fund Managers' Survey).

Markets: Big Global Investors Get Wary

The bulls of January through March have gone a bit shy, judging by the latest results from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for April.

Retail: The Coming Change Is Clearer

Slowly, the shape of retailing is changing as more of the world's biggest groups abandon the 'big is best' approach in favour of smaller stores, more savvy internet offerings and a slower rate of new store openings.

Coca-Cola Profit Grow Beyond Analysts’ Estimations

The consumption of Coca-Cola Company's countless beverages in India led to a growth in its sales around the world in the Q1, where volume soared 20 percent. The growth has definitely pushed the company's earnings above what the analysts' expected, that is, to $2.05 billion, or 89 cents a share, in the quarter ended March 31, compared with 82 cents a share in the same quarter last year.

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