Santa came late this year and had a lot to make up for with that big sell off on Christmas Eve, making the festive fare harder to enjoy for yours truly.

The ‘Mad King’ and a cast of market-killing characters seem to have ‘murdered’ Santa and his often annual rally gift for Wall Street.

Bloomberg has hyped up the headlines about recession and “pools of gloom” for stocks but the recent run of economic data has made me less confident about my optimism right now but I’m still looking for re..

Donald Trump came good this week but the growth implications of his trade war have come back to bite him, Wall Street, the local stock market and our portfolios!

Benign inflation, an easing of long-term yields, and GDP growth coming back to sustainable levels should leave equities in a “sweet spot”.

I’m starting to buy stocks, even though the bank black cloud and the Royal Commission hangs over financial stocks.

Before the close, the Dow was down but you can never be certain how the index will close because the White House seems to have an endless supply of curve balls that they throw nearly daily.

Although bearish on retail REITs, Tony Featherstone says he likes Unibail-Rodamco.

Things could be about to change and we might have Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Bill Shorten to thank for it!

Well, the Yanks are showing a greater level of positive expectations in Donald Trump and his upcoming meeting with China’s President, Xi Jinping, with the Dow only just negative, while the S&P500 and the Nasd..