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A healthy bull market for equities has both macro and micro feeding optimism and upside. Alas, February has not delivered the required unity

The rising rates environment has benefited the banks, although Commbank's report may indicate that NIM expansion is coming to an end.

Australia’s healthcare darling delivered solid results and continued to outflank its competitors on Tuesday.

What is the outlook for the economy and earnings in this environment of high inflation, rising rates, an energy shock and slowing growth?

Sometimes the most important market insight is hiding underneath daily share price movements. Intriguingly, the latest update into who's buying and selling US...

Big Tech on Wall Street has fallen off its pedestal in October with share price weakness following the release of Q3 financials.For some, like Meta (formerly known as...

As is often the case, the most important developments across financial markets this month are what is not shown through share price movements. On Monday morning, ANZ...

In the end, corporate results season throughout August was not as bad as many had feared. The obvious observation to add is that while most companies managed to cope...

The August corporate reporting season is now mid-month in Australia, but in terms of actual numbers the harvest to date is still tiny. FNArena's Corporate Results...

 If I were to make a good-humoured attempt at an old fashioned Dad-joke, I'd start off with: I am old enough to remember when corporate reporting season in...

To borrow a famous quote from Winston Churchill and make it my own: "You can depend upon the share market to do the right thing. But only after it has exhausted every...

"For people still in their prime earning years, this bear market is likely to be as bullish in the long run as it is painful in the short run. For older investors, the...

A garden variety share market in 2022? No chance. But the weirdest anomaly is in stockbrokers' recommendations. As of the end of April, total ratings among the seven...

Sometimes it's what we cannot see that is most important. Now that global equity indices have staged a strong comeback rally throughout March, a lot of head scratching...

With four months until the next Australian corporate earnings season, having not long ago finished reading half-year reports, it might seem too soon to start...

This might come as a surprise, but reading through investment strategy reports for 2022 and listening to fund managers, there is far more agreement than disagreement...

With year-end approaching and equity markets having positively surprised thus far in 2021, the risk is investors become overly complacent, thinking nothing can...

As Australian shares race to fresh record highs, our large-cap duo Matthew Haupt and John Ayoub believe that investors are nearing a pivotal moment of time that will...

Financial markets have proven too much of an enigma for many an investor and share market commentator in 2021. Is it all about elevated valuations, an abundance in...

Back in early 2011, something odd was happening in the Australian share market. Equity strategists at local investment banks and stockbrokers were predicting strong...