Daily FNArena News

Brokers are anticipating a strong earnings season for the general insurers, although life businesses have a few problems.

Macquarie Atlas revealed subdued traffic growth on key roads in the June quarter. The problem for brokers is the subdued part.

There is a growing feeling among analysts that the gold price has now seen a low, but this hasn’t stopped them slashing Australian goldminer targets and ratings.

Forex.com’s Kathleen Brooks observes a bounce in commodities and explains the importance of it all.

Michael Gable of Novus Capital suggests work at 5000 may give way to a pullback for the ASX 200, with the Dow Jones also looking toppy.

Uranium prices continued to soften last week, with sellers scrambling to secure deals on ever falling prices.

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

Orica has issued a profit warning and the outlook appears to have become a lot tougher.

This week ATW’s Jerry Simmons examines gold and suggests a break of 1310 could suggest a low is in place. The Aussie is also looking vulnerable against the yen.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Freight volumes are one real indicator economists can use to gauge actual Chinese growth and recent readings show the trend is down.