Markets Live: ASX wavers; labour boom rolls on
Australian shares alternated from small gains to small losses, and the unemployment rate fell to 5 per cent.
Australian dollar to plunge 15pc this year: Capital Economics
Capital Economics has turned "even more bearish" on the Aussie, resetting its 2019 forecast for the currency to US60¢.
Wall St braces for MiFID-style rules
Many European broking analysts lost their jobs due to new regulatory rules. Their Wall St brethren had been protected, but may not be for much longer.
S&P; 500 EPS forecasts slashed
US strategists cut S&P; 500 first-half profit estimates by the largest margin in four years, according to FactSet.
Why it's worth looking at Apple shares
After an 'excessive' correction, Fat Prophets cites Apple as an attractive investment reward proposition 'at this juncture'.
ASX to slip on global outlook
Australian shares are set to open lower on renewed concerns about a global growth slowdown.
Investors shouldn't bet on buybacks
Record stock repurchases by companies last year missed the mark at least in terms of bolstering stock values.
Wall St's fourth-quarter profit bet
Wall Street strategists are counting on earnings growth in the last three months of the year to save them.
Carry traders win as EM volatility fades
One-month implied volatility has fallen for 20 out of 23 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg this year.
BAML hires ex-Macquarie bigwig to head ECM
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has recruited former Macquarie Capital operative Mark Warburton - as its new local head of ECM.
