Daily FNArena News - FYI

Daily update on share prices and consensus price targets. Today’s insight explains why investors should keep a close watch on the Big Four Banks in Australia.

Investment U’s Ryan Fitzwater offers an alternative indicator to gauge economic health and the outlook for risk appetite.

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

The technical analysts at Barclays Capital notes while April tends to be a good month for equity and energy markets, results are more mixed for forex and fixed interest markets.

FOREX.com has offered its expectations for the June quarter, seeing a tougher outlook for equity prices but a solid outlook for commodities.

Last week’s Tweets on Twitter from Your Editor.

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

The AIA/FNArena March Investor Sentiment Survey suggests a noticeable improvement in overall sentiment, with some of the cash on the sidelines being redirected to equities.

Economists Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann question whether the ECB has further capacity to act to prevent inflation accelerating.

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