The dominant global theme over the past week has been the increase in rhetoric from central banks – other than...
28 June 2017 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 26/06/17With foreign investors accounting for a little less than 50% of ownership in the Australian share market, there has also...
26 June 2017 Bassanese Bites: Oil Slick – Week beginning: 26 June 2017It was another modest week for global equities overall as a sharp drop in oil prices took the wind out...
23 June 2017 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 19/06/17One major caveat for all predictions and projections for share markets in the months/year(s) ahead is that US bonds have...
19 June 2017 Bassanese Bites: A cleansing pause – Week beginning: 19 June 2017Global equities continued to consolidate last week in the absence of bullish new news. Indeed, the US Fed’s widely expected...
5 June 2017 Bassanese Bites: Goldilocks Economy – Week beginning: 5 June 2017US stocks pushed further into record territory last week as the weaker-than-expected May payrolls report (employment +138k vs. market +185k)...
31 May 2017 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 29/05/17May 2017 has pushed equity indices in Australia back to levels last seen in March and February, erasing in full...
29 May 2017 Bassanese Bites: While Trump’s Away.. – Week beginning: 29 May 2017While Trump’s away markets will play. The S&P 500 touched a new record high last week, as attention re-focused on...
24 May 2017 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 22/05/17In what now must look like the ultimate act of share market irony, the ASX200 index peaked on the 1st...
10 May 2017 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 08/05/17The calendar says “May” and that means investors are being bombarded with historical “evidence” May is not a good month to...