Daily FNArena News

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

An attractive franchise model and a resilient category should support earnings for Retail Food Group, reports UBS.

This week’s Tweets by Your Editor on Twitter.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report asks the question: Can we really have a Santa Claus rally?

Barclays Capital’s analysis of seasonal trends shows December tends to be a good month for equities and fixed interest markets but more mixed for currencies and commodities.

JP Morgan has initiated coverage on Bradken with an Overweight rating, bringing to seven the number of brokers in the FNArena database rating the stock as a Buy.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin believes oil markets are yet to price in the potential fallout from global sanctions against Iranian crude exports.

Global growth uncertainty and the ongoing European debt crisis have impacted on commodity markets and lead National Australia Bank to forecast weaker prices in 2012.

Chartists see this rally in equities markets lasting into the new year, but the overall outlook hasn’t fundamentally changed (at least not from a technical point of view).

Daily update on share prices and consensus price targets.