Weekly Top Ten News Stories

Brokers outline several strategies for dealing with the headwinds which abound in the global and domestic environment for equity investors.

Weak economic outlook; election and retailing; pay-out ratios for A-REITs; hotels & the internet; domestic gas policy; NZ general insurers.

In this week's Weekly Insights: – The Trend Is Your Friend Until It Ends – It's A Joke – The Bubble Called Lithium – Oil's New/Old Paradigm – Catching Up On The (Bear Market) Past – Rudi On Tour – Nothing Ever Changes, Or Does It? – Rudi

Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

Nick Linton-Ffrost of Fifth Wave suggests price action this week will determine where the index is headed over the next one to two months.

Brokers welcome the news NextDC has purchased the land need to expand its Brisbane and Melbourne data capacity and a reduced estimate for capital expenditure.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report debates whether the ASX200 has any cause to go up.

Broker suspicions were proven correct as Flight Centre downgraded its profit forecasts for FY16, now expecting a decline of 2-5%. Is there more to come?

The Chartist reports USD gold remains in an up-trend but is wavering, with danger present on the downside.

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