CommSec Daily Report Friday
Latest NewsAussie shares have started the final day of trade before Christmas on a high note with the ASX 200 opening 15pts higher and have continued on those gains towards lunch with a 21pt or 0.35% gain towards lunch. The main index is currently 1.4% higher for the week.Most sectors are pushing higher with gains…
Asia News Agenda Thursday
ASIA AGENDA ITEMS ON THURSDAY+ Taiwanese fraud suspects face Chinese court sentence+ Pangolin at risk of extinction: studyTAIWAN– Monitoring reax as a Chinese court is due to sentence 44 Taiwanese fraud suspects deported by Kenya to China last year.INDONESIA– Pangolin in Indonesia are at risk of extinction thanks to an illicit trade that sees thousands…
Asia News Agenda Wednesday
ASIA AGENDA ITEMS ON WEDNESDAY+ Hong Kong stages nuclear emergency drill HONG KONG– The Hong Kong government conducts a large two-day nuclear emergency response drill in a far-flung island near the mainland border.– OTHER AGENDA ITEMS – INDIA– Cricket. India take on Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international in Cuttack.NEW ZEALAND– Cricket. First of three one-day…
Asia News Agenda Tuesday
ASIA AGENDA ITEMS ON TUESDAYJAPAN– A Japanese baby panda makes its public debut.– Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers to meet in Tokyo.
CommSec Daily Report Monday
Latest NewsLocal shares have bounced back from two straight sessions of losses with the ASX200 starting the last full week of trade for 2017 on a high. Wall Street provided a springboard for the local market, closing at another record high with a vote for tax reform to likely be held early this week. The…
Top Stocks in the Infant Formula Sector
Some newcomers to investing heed the advice from experts to invest in mega-trends, forgetting to read the “fine print.” Their assumption may be that all stocks in a sector with strong tail winds generated by a mega-trend will benefit equally. A corollary to that assumption is the belief that latching on to the current “market…
18 Share Tips – 18 December 2017
Michael Heffernan, PhillipCapital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Breville Group (BRG) Chart: Share price over the year BRG has a significant presence in the premium electrical appliances market in Australia and the US. It offers a strong profit growth outlook. Potentially lower taxes in the US and a stronger US dollar are positives for BRG. Boral (BLD) Chart: Share…
Asia News Agenda Friday
ASIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS ON FRIDAY+ N. Korea UN ambassador due at Security Council meetingUNITED STATES/ NORTH KOREA– North Korea’s UN ambassador is expected to make a rare appearance at a Security Council meeting, where US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will address how to confront the crisis over Pyongyang’s rogue nuclear programme.– OTHER AGENDA ITEMS…
Asia News Agenda Wednesday
ASIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS ON WEDNESDAY+ China marks 80th anniversary of Nanjing massacre+ British ex-banker appeals sentence for grisly Hong Kong murders CHINA– Top Chinese leaders preside over services commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre by Japanese troops, an enduring source of bad blood between the two nations.HONG KONG – Former British banker Rurik Jutting who…
CommSec Daily Report Monday
Latest newsAustralian shares are treading water at lunch, with the ASX 200 remaining just below 6000pts despite a positive lead from global markets on Friday. Gains from the banks and miners are offsetting modest losses elsewhere. US equities closed at record highs thanks to encouraging jobs growth while the UK’s FTSE stood out after the…
