Daily FNArena News - FYI

2010 may have begun to look and feel like 2008, notes BTIG, but it’s not.

The New Zealand Budget has featured a number of fiscal reforms aimed at re-balancing the economy, the changes generally being appluded by analysts.

Europe has taken the spotlight away from what has been a very positive March quarter earnings season in the US.

As promised in this week’s Weekly Insights: the charts.

Observations made by market strategists at BTIG and Glushkin Sheff.

Earnings momentum has stalled with smaller caps receiving bigger cuts than large caps, but CSL is among the victims too.

Why do investors rush to government securities when the US was at the epicentre of the financial crisis?

PFP Wealth’s Tim Price cannot believe some of the dangerous myths surrounding financial markets, and gold, these days.

After months of destructive dithering, the EU has finally hit the panic button and pledged hundreds of billions of euros in aid for the eurozone while the ECB has yet again reneged and joined in with bond support.

Behind today’s headlines lies the real reason for why the Australian share market is finding the going tough. Investors better pay attention.