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UK PM Johnson said that the will detail his roadmap for ending the current lockdown next Monday, with a priority to try and reopen schools from 8 March.

Global markets were mixed overnight (S&P 500 index -0.1%) as investors took profits after a 6-day winning streak.

Inflation data for January showed US core consumer prices were flat for a second consecutive month (and up 1.4% year on year), below expectations.

markets marched higher for 6th straight session (the longest rally since August) on virus infection rates slowdown & prospects of more stimulus.

It is hard to find “value” when markets are at highs, but we see currently see value in QBE shares. Further, as we have discussed in the past, QBE is one of the only Australasian listed companies which benefits directly from higher US interest rates (as i

The Australian market was higher yesterday (ASX 200 index +1.5%) with gains across the board as investor sentiment grew encouraged by RBA’s decision to extend and expand its bond-buying program.

 The official unemployment rate in New Zealand fell to 4.9% in the December quarter, significantly lower than the 5.9 percent economists had expected.

Fletcher Building (FBU) shares have been performing well recently as the property market boom continues. 

it was probably easy to lose sight of the positive vaccine developments that took place over the past week. Over the weekend, the UK announced a huge day of vaccinations with 598k done in one day, almost 1% of the population