{"id":72937,"date":"2018-02-16T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/16\/weekly-top-ten-news-stories-334\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T01:03:25","slug":"weekly-top-ten-news-stories-334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/16\/weekly-top-ten-news-stories-334\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Top Ten News Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our top ten news from 08 February 2018 to 15 February 2018 (ranked according to popularity).<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\">1&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=7D1A0BD4-DA46-9F61-2C14B7113F913C6A\">Uranium Week: The Nuclear Challenge<\/a><br \/>\nTuesday 13 February 2018 &#8211; 11:35 AM<\/div>\n<p>As the spot uranium price fell again last week, Morgan Stanley questioned the role of nuclear power in the future global energy mix.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\">2&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=83EA1221-E3BE-BDD5-668A61D5843B9A98\">The Wrap: Retailers, Energy &amp; Lithium Stocks<\/a><br \/>\nFriday 09 February 2018 &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/div>\n<p>Weekly Broker Wrap: consumer stocks; automotive retailers; energy; health insurers; and lithium stocks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\">3&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=841E9EB1-C618-BC2E-A86A04D05F5FADF2\">FNArena Reporting Season Monitor<\/a><br \/>\nThursday 08 February 2018 &#8211; 03:12 PM<\/div>\n<p>FNArena&#039;s Reporting Season Monitor keeps track of the previous session&#039;s corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat\/miss assessments.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\">4&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=538E8CB6-0A3F-A3AA-8343E5BD1BFEDBFF\">Rudi&#039;s View: Feb &#039;18 Reporting Season Preview<\/a><br \/>\nThursday 08 February 2018 &#8211; 10:10 AM<\/div>\n<p><!--StartFragment -->In this week&#039;s Weekly Insights (this is part two): -Extra Service -The Correction We Had To Have <strong>-RBA: Waiting For Godot?<\/strong> -Conviction Calls: Citi, Morgans, Ord Minnett, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Canaccord Genuity <strong>-February 2<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>5&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=7B7D3D03-A97B-CA1F-52E9C9F17D659AD1\">NAB A Buying Opportunity<\/a><br \/>\nTuesday 13 February 2018 &#8211; 10:29 AM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities notes National Bank is playing to a technical script, and represents a buying opportunity.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>6&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=21CA8152-9ABE-9A99-CA9E657B8FE0C328\">Big Four Banks: Risks &amp; Low Growth, But Value?<\/a><br \/>\nMonday 12 February 2018 &#8211; 11:18 AM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Are banks in Australia (finally) a good buy? An update on the pros and cons that lay ahead for the sector in the coming months.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>7&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=B413F660-D9F5-38F5-FA16ACE0F01FB68E\">AGL Confronts Higher Costs And Competition<\/a><br \/>\nFriday 09 February 2018 &#8211; 01:38 PM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>AGL Energy&#039;s wholesale electricity division was the beneficiary of higher gas and electricity prices in the first half but this was was marred by a sharp decline in consumer segment earnings.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>8&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=80847B31-CBE3-2534-5EF27F260C0B9483\">Murky Outlook For Commonwealth Bank<\/a><br \/>\nThursday 08 February 2018 &#8211; 01:38 PM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Brokers suspect downside risk to Commonwealth Bank&#039;s financial performance going forward, as mortgage re-pricing that has underpinned favourable revenue trends will not be sustained.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>9&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=4E3CED15-C72D-7342-941618CB229375A5\">Acquisitions Improve Magellan Prospects<\/a><br \/>\nThursday 08 February 2018 &#8211; 10:41 AM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Two new acquisitions will help diversify and improve growth prospects for Magellan Financial. Brokers welcome the news but retain lingering concerns regarding the renewed volatility in financial markets.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">\n<div style=\"vertical-align:middle\"><strong>10&nbsp;<a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&amp;n=832D23F7-01EC-1EC0-B8F7EDBC3FC661C1\">Praemium Gambles On Marketing Spend<\/a><br \/>\nWednesday 14 February 2018 &#8211; 10:34 AM <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Brokers have hurriedly reviewed forecasts as Praemium has significantly increased sales and marketing expenses to take advantage of the structural shift occurring in Australia&#039;s investment platform and advice industry.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our top ten news stories from 08 February 2018 to 15 February 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}