Bassanese Bites: Beautiful Numbers – Week beginning: 08 April 2019

To paraphrase former PM Paul Keating, last week produced a fairly consistent set of “beautiful numbers” across the global economy. ...

Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 02/04/19

It is undoubtedly the most difficult decision to make for investors in the share market: when is it time to...

Bassanese Bites: Super Tuesday – Week beginning: 01 April 2019

Global equities recovered somewhat last week, perhaps encouraged by the fact that while most global growth indicators have softened in...

Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 26/03/19

At risk of quoting the wrong investment legend, which is why I am sticking with anonymous, but a smart cookie...

Bassanese Bites: We’re done – Week beginning: 25 March 2019

Global equity markets nervously retreated on the back foot last week and bond yields dropped further – reflecting soft US...

Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 19/03/19

One of the curious characteristics of the 2019 rally in global equities is that while most commentators have been zooming...

Bassanese Bites: Two or less? – Week beginning: 18 March 2019

Confidence returned to global equities last week – after a modest pull back over the previous week – largely due...

Bassanese Bites: Global Slowdown – Week beginning: 11 March 2019

Last week saw the first decent pull back in global equity markets since the impressive V-shaped recovery began just after...

Weekly Insights From The FNArena News Desk 05/03/19

Corporate reporting seasons are important. They provide tangible indications about whether investor sentiment, assumptions and speculation are justified or misguided,...

Bassanese Bites: Promising start – Week beginning: 04 March 2019

Global equities posted further gains last week on the back of very dovish Fed commentary, capping off what’s been a...