Daily FNArena News

Coca-Cola Amatil has delivered a soft trading update and brokers have reacted by trimming earnings estimates and in one case by downgrading to an Underperform rating.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Quant analysts at Citi and strategists at Goldman Sachs present their favourites for the year ahead.

DJ Carmichael has initiated coverage on Nimrodel Resources with a Spec Buy rating, seeing upside from a significant coal resource at the Takatokwane coal project in Botswana.

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

New data from Russell Investments show that fund managers across Australia are banking on a positive 2012, probably.

Analysts at FXCM believe the time is right to position for a weaker AUD against EUR.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report takes a longer term view amidst short term market turmoil.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin suggests Iran’s threat is not enough to offsett weak momentum for crude oil prices in the short term.

Despite making substantial net profit downgrades for the next few years, analysts at Macquarie are still hearing Cochlear’s call.

Robert Clayton of AliomFX notes the Dow Jones appears to be mirroring price action of a few years ago, which suggests potential for a significant fall in the next month or two.