Profits: Markets Still Likes GUD
Investors continue to like what they see in the full year result from GUD Holdings.Throw in a bit of Masterchef, some sw...
Daily Forex Commentary 28/7/2010
An increase in the Australian Conference Board leading index from 0.1% to 0.3% during the month of May added some underlying support to the Aussie dollar in Asia yesterday as it held firm above the 90 cent handle etching out gains to enter offshore exchange at 0.9025.
Profits: AFIC's Steady Year Ahead
Melbourne-based listed investment company, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd, says it will take a patient a...
Aussie dollar slight change ahead of inflation report
The Australian dollar opened steady today as investors wait for the release of official inflation data.
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Uranium Regains Its Lustre
Uranium is quickly attracting the attention of the speculative investment community.
Uranium Regains Its Luster
Uranium is quickly attracting the attention of the speculative investment community.
Local market off to a strong start
The local stock market started on a strong footing this morning on the back of better than expected new home sales in the US. This is the second day of positive moves for the local bourse, with base metal prices also lending support.
AIR Midday Market Roundup
The market is up 25. The SFE Futures were up 26 this morning.Wall Street closed up 100 overnight. It was the third strai...
FNArena Book Review: Shares & Taxation by Jimmy B Prince
Number two in our series of book reviews this week.
AUD/USD – Trade the New Range
The data supporting the global economic recovery continues to be mixed - patchy, inconsistent over time, and varying enormously by region - and in no way supporting the idea of a "V-shaped" recovery, the popular view six months ago.
Australian Dollar Outlook 27/7/2010
Overnight we saw the AUD break through USD0.9000 and this morning it is currently trading comfortably above this level.
Australian Stock Market Report
US new home sales soared by 23.6pct to a 330,000 annual rate in June, well ahead of forecasts centred on a result near 320,000. The stock of unsold homes fell from 9.6 months to 7.6 months.
Daily Forex Commentary 27/7/2010
The Aussie dollar held on to support around 0.8940 during the Asian session despite a lower than expected second quarter Producer Price Index or PPI as its referred to.
The Overnight Report: Which Way Now?
Strong guidance from FedEx and better than expected data have taken Wall Street to a critical technical level. Dow up 100.
Australian dollar stronger on overseas news
The Australian currency opened higher on Tuesday as a lift in US homes sales bolstered growth assets such as equities and commodity-driven currencies.
Profits: QBE Profit Cut Sees Shares Hit 12 Month Low
The 30% slide in the price of QBE shares this year now has an explanation, at last.An update from the company yesterda...
Retailing: Coles Sales Rise Boosts Wesfarmers
The Coles retailing business of Wesfarmers is starting to look like one of the standout retailing performers for 2009-10...
Retailing: Harvey Norman's 4th Quarter Sales Crunch
And Harvey Norman shares fell more than 3% yesterday afternoon after the group reported a very sharp fall in 4th quart...
Asia: Japan's Slowing Exports, South Korea's Slowing Growth, India's Rates
Japan's export resurgence continues to lose momentum as shipments to Asia and China slow.The fall is partly due to the ...
The Economy: Producer Price Growth Slows in 4th Quarter
Australia's producer price index at the final stage of production rose 0.3% in the June quarter, for an annual rise of 1...
Higher start set for Australian shares
The Australian stock market is likely to open stronger after the Dow Jones hit a two-month high overnight.
Big Pharma Eyeing Mesoblast?
Mesoblast has been recording good Phase II trials results in bone marrow transplantation and Southern Cross Equities suggests this could make it a target of Big Pharma.
IG Market close of business wrap
The ASX 200 closes up 0.6% at 4486
China hints of tapping its own gas reserves, move seen as possible threat to giant companies’ growth prospect
China could soon be freed from over-dependence on imported gas as reports by the Financial Times on Monday cited aggressive initiatives coming from Beijing, allegedly pushing for the expeditious development of the country’s huge gas deposits.
Wesfarmers news, banks prop up shares
The Australian bourse was floating in morning trade after higher-than-expected sales figures from Wesfarmers and gains in banking shares.
CSL Gaining At Baxter's Expense
The latest report from Baxter of the US leads brokers to suggest CSL is gaining market share at that company's expense, though opinions remain divided on the value in CSL at current levels.
Improving credit quality on Asia-Pacific corporate, sovereign bonds
Perceptions of improving credit quality had been shown in the performance of Asia-Pacific corporate and sovereign bonds in the last five weeks
Profit growth up in the double digits this reporting season, CMC Markets analyst predicts
Average profit growth could be as high as 20 per cent across the sectors for the 30 June reporting season on the back of improving local economic condition
FNArena Book Review: The Big Short by Michael Lewis
As extra value-add, FNArena publishes book reviews this week. Today's is the first in an initial series of three.
Australian, Japanese stock futures rise
Australian and Japanese and stock futures jumped as European banks hurdled the stress test reducing uncertainties that a global economic recovery is slowly happening.
Australian Dollar Outlook 26/7/2010
The Australia Dollar has opened up in the mid 0.8900's after another modestly strong showing from US and European equity markets on Friday.
Australian stocks to rise after offshore gains
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger today, bolstered by gains on Wall Street last Friday.
Australian Stock Market Report
Only seven of 91 European banks failed stress tests - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, Agricultural Bank of Greece SA and five Spanish savings banks. The European regulators say the seven banks need to raise 3.5 billion Euros in capital.
Daily Forex Commentary 26/7/2010
Despite the uncertainty facing the European banking system the AUD/USD remained range bound on Friday bouncing between 0.8900 and 0.8970 for the majority of the Asian and offshore trading sessions.
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