“Central banks have created huge distortions in the markets, which are going to be difficult to unwind. But we think...
3 July 2017 Bassanese Bites: Central Banks Bark – Week beginning: 3 July 2017The 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...