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Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities suggest Aristocrat Leisure may pull back further but that would provide a buying opportunity.

Cost pressures are mounting for miner South32 but so far higher commodity prices have enabled margins to increase across the operations.

Insurance Australia Group has done another quota share deal, this time with a group of reinsurers. Brokers suggest the advantages are already factored into the stock.

Saxo Bank suggests ten events that could derail global markets next year which few would be expecting.

Craig Parker of Moat Capital suggests the ASX200 is looking to break out but as to how far it can run is unclear.

ASX has decided to replace its CHESS system with a distributed ledger technology. While this has potential to create new revenue opportunities, broker suggests it will be some time before these become evident.

Waste management and recycling business Bingo Industries has picked up several acquisitions to further expand its services and brokers suggest it is well primed to stay ahead of the competition.

Demand for new houses and land across the major centres of population in Australia is likely to start easing, BIS Oxford Economics suggests.

The decision by OPEC and allies to continue limiting production until the end of 2018 has provoked a review of the outlook for oil and, by association, Australian gas prices.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report suggests stocks he would buy on the passage of Trump’s tax bill.