Daily FNArena News

Investors remain cautious about Synlait Milk, which has many irons in the fire as it works on diversifying its food service strategy. Major customer a2 Milk is also critical to the outlook.

FNArena’s Monitor keeps track of corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat/miss assessments.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities. Gold; platinum; thermal coal; oil; and copper.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. An earnings contraction may hold AGL Energy back in FY21, as the electricity generation market remains mired in uncertainty.

The Chartist suggests that despite a strong bounce for the Aussie dollar, downisde risk is still very real.

Australia’s real estate investment trusts, as a group, have outperformed the broader equity market but remain relatively subdued, largely because of the dominance of shopping centres.

Australia’s retail sector is at a low ebb. An eagerly-awaited improvement is expected to emerge over the next 6-12 months and brokers assess which stocks may benefit.

Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills examines the relationship between share buybacks, stock prices and the gold price.

Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities notes the technicals are suggesting Santos is offering a buying opportunity.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report ponders whether Trump is deliberately misleading markets on trade in order to prevent a stock market collapse.