Weekly Top Ten News Stories – 13 December 2019

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After a solid run, the uranium spot price eased back slightly last week but activity remains robust.

The New Criterion's Tim Boreham discusses the exponential outlook for data storage centres and the issues facing Australian listed players.

Marcus Reubenstein of APAC News looks behind the acquisition of Bellamy's and Lion Dairy by Chinese giant China Mengniu and asks whether criticism of those deals on foreign ownership grounds is justified?

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Report draws upon expert views to list thirteen stocks to consider for investment in 2020.

Boral has identified financial irregularities in its North American windows business and brokers expect the investigation to weigh on the stock for some time.

Extra Edition of the Broker Call Report

Weekly Broker Wrap: cash rate; housing; consumer; port volumes; health insurance; and financial advisers.

Next Year Will Be Different By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena MFS strategist Robert Almeida summarised it best in his latest reflections: "Investing is simple, but hard". Those who had been expecting logical, straightforward outcomes

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities. China's growth; environmental issues; coal; copper; Oz gold and base metal equities.