Daily FNArena News

With clients reducing their maintenance work brokers are now questioning the outlook for painting contractor Programmed Maintenance.

While trading conditions for the Macquarie Group appear worse than assumed, brokers are looking to longer term apparent value to rate Australia’s only investment bank.

As predicted by FNArena, the monthly HSBC/Markit PMI Survey for Chinese manufacturers dipped below 50 in July.

Barclays notes seasonal trends are positive for Australian equities and oil prices in August, but the Australian dollar tends to find the going a bit tougher.

The TechWizard reports US equities have reversed an ugly technical picture into a supportive one. Is short-covering the next big theme?

A preview to what is one of the more intriguing books on release this year.

Increased competition is making attracting subscribers more difficult for Pay-TV group Austar, so brokers are trimming expectations for the stock.

Stockbrokers like the long-term potential for Riversdale Mining, but disappointments could pop-up in the medium-term.

Is a housing bubble developing in China? Some economists remain worried.

Observers fear that there are reasons other than uncertainty which are making Wall Street stock markets a lot more volatile than they should be.