Daily FNArena News

Australasian general insurer growth trends have eased in FY14 and brokers look for the keys to value going forward.

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

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Forget about Origin Energy’s exposure to the domestic electricity market. Life’s a gas, says Morgan Stanley, as the broker lifts its target price 20%.

FNArena provides a weekly update of Australian listed corporate bond issues, current pricing and yield data.

Almond producer Select Harvests has acquired a land bank that should enable a doubling of planted acreage by 2018, and Moelis is enthusiastic.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

The market has sold down BHP on disappointment with regard to capital management, thus overlooking the strategy behind the spin-off as well as increased value in iron ore and copper production.

Private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope is in the right place, given the current trends in Australia, and several brokers have initiated coverage.

The technicals suggest the S&P500 still needs to consolidate before pushing on to higher highs, The Chartist reports, although it hasn’t behaved as such to date.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report argues the case for sticking with the banks and Telstra.