In Australia, retail sales remained firm in June, rising 0.4% – which meant overall sales volumes bounced back a chunky 1.2%...
30 July 2018 Bassanese Bites: Inflation Test – Week beginning: 30 July 2018Global markets enjoyed another “risk on” week thanks to still broadly encouraging US earnings reports and a thawing in US-EU...
25 July 2018 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 23/07/18Twice each year investors’ attention in Australia goes out to how well corporate profits are stacking up in comparison with...
18 July 2018 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 16/07/18The past five years have frustrated many value investors, in particular the past eighteen months. Stocks like AMP ((AMP)), G8...
16 July 2018 Bassanese Bites: Strategic Retreat? – Week beginning: 16 July 2018The key highlight across global markets last week was the fact that Wall Street simply shrugged in the face of...
9 July 2018 Bassanese Bites: Sell the rumour – Week beginning: 09 July 2018Global markets remained cautious for much of last week ahead of the Trump Administration’s Friday deadline to impose a 25%...
4 July 2018 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 02/07/18If you want to look for a reason behind the Australian share market’s surprising outperformance in the June quarter, look...
2 July 2018 Bassanese Bites: Trade Wars – Week beginning: 02 July 2018Trade jitters were the major concern affecting global markets last week, which contributed to lower global equities, bond yields and...
27 June 2018 Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 25/06/18What just happened? US$5.9bn in global investment funds said goodbye to dedicated Emerging Markets equity funds during the week ending...
25 June 2018 Bassanese Bites: ASX Breakout! – Week beginning: 25 June 2018It was a down week for global equities in general, thanks in large part to US President Trump’s threats to...