Weekly Reports | May 18 2012
Our top ten news from 10 May 2012 to 17 May 2012 (ranked according to popularity).
Stockbrokers question whether this week's Budget in surplus will stand the test of the economic slow down that is occurring in Australia and elsewhere.
Wednesday 16 May 2012 – 10:11 AM
Self-managed retirees shunning shares run the risk of being overrun by inflation as the years progress, but share market investment need not be as risky as most fear.
The promised follow-up in Monday's Weekly Insights: favourites and "traps" for yield investment strategies via the Australian share market.
FIIG outlines National Australia Bank's latest fixed interest investment issue, offering an interest rate above that of term deposits.
Monday 14 May 2012 – 10:14 AM
Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.
Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report warns that those who are always negative will always be right eventually, but wrong the rest of the time.
Big miners are scaling back capex plans and this has the potential to impact on the mining services sector, where brokers have updated their preferred exposures.
Analysts have revised forex market expectations with The US dollar and yen among the winners while estimates for the Australian and New Zealand dollars have been lowered.
While precious metal prices have come under pressure in recent weeks and prompted some revisions to forecasts, analyst outlooks for the sector remains positive.
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on market expectations, sector preferences highlighted and expected increases for nickel and oil prices.