Daily FNArena News

Brokers have investigated the state of China’s manufacturing and property sectors to arrive at potentially grim conclusions.

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

This week ATW’s Jerry Simmons fixes his sight on currency charts, seeing signs in currency movements that a global equities bull market may be nearing.

A weak nickel market has meant weaker full year earnings for Western Areas but the company’s low costs imply upside when market conditions improve.

Michael Gable of Novus Capital sees the potential for the ASX 200 to push higher but remains concerned over the lack of trading volume.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. JP Morgan offers its predictions as to which stocks will be promoted/relegated from the S&P ASX indices in the quarterly review next month.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on copper, zinc and lead and some reasons current platinum prices are seen as attractive.

It was a little busier in the uranium spot market last week, with not only some signs of life, but rumblings of new demand.

Danske Bank expects action ahead from all of the ECB, Fed and PBoC and a weaker US dollar as a result. The Aussie is more complicated.

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