Weekly Top Ten News Stories

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Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena While most investors and market commentators have had their focus firmly on the Federal Reserve's intentions and on the local reporting season these past few weeks, economists and market strategists across the globe have been releasi

Metcash has flagged an earnings downgrade for FY14, overwhelmed by the heavy petrol discounting conducted by the supermarket giants.

The uranium spot price fell further last week as a timing mismatch between supply and demand continues to play out.

Commodity investors remain bearish, particularly on nickel, but there are signs some prices could edge higher. Meanwhile, cost pressures are seen easing for the big energy stocks.

Ahead of this week's federal election, Peter Switzer challenges analyst talk on the (lack of) impact of a change in government.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt's Bulletin believes findamentals are supportive of a stronger technical outlook for gold.

Forge has won a large contract at Roy Hill and brokers suggest the company has now come of age.

FNArena reports and tabulates the "beats" and "misses", the broker ratings and targets changes, and the company outlooks on a daily basis as the reporting season progresses.

FNArena Editor Rudi Filapek-Vandyck explains the Australian share market is not a straightforward value play at current levels.