Daily FNArena News

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report discusses whether stock investment should be preferred over bond investment as the year plays out.

The eurozone was headed for second, crisis-related credit crunch late last year but action by the ECB has now stabilised markets, Danske Bank suggests.

Market analysts at FXCM see scope for further weakness in the Australian dollar and british pound but a continuation of the euro’s short-term uptrend against the US dollar.

Most brokers are cautious but not overly negative over the pending split between accounting software partners Reckon and Intuit, but Macquarie sees things rather differently.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin looks at the prospects for corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton.

The launch of fixed income ETFs on the ASX finally provides individual investors with easy access to portfolio diversification though fixed income investment as a portfolio component.

Tim Price of PFP Wealth Management highlights the problems being created by central banks continuing to provide liquidity to the financial system.

Moelis joins Deutsche Bank and RBS Australia in rating Decmil a Buy, seeing earnings growth from contract wins and the group’s managed village offerings.

Daily update on share prices and consensus price targets. Today’s update features ANZ Bank, as the new sector leader amongst Australian banks.

Below peer earnings growth over the past two years has contributed to underperformance from UGL but Goldman Sachs sees scope for share price gains as earnings recover in coming years.