1st March 2021
This last year has seen a massive spike in retail holdings of shares, in the UK and around the world. If you are panning in joining in, or if you are looking for some inspiration for portfolio choices, listen in as shares expert Rodney Hobson gives Phil Dobbie five shares to look at right now. Also, we’re all eyeing up the road out of lockdown, but could it go off the rails? And Donald Trump is back, addressing Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, and using some of his best lines. It was fabulous, unbelievable, the best ever, you have to believe me.
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Pound soars as Brexit draft deal done – now for the politics
The EU and UK have agreed a draft 500 page Withdrawal Agreement. It’s the first Brexit milestone, but will it stick?
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Slow day, with steepening yields and softer pound
A quiet day but markets are in good shape says NAB’s Gavin Friend, with steeping yield curves and equities close to year highs. So will Aussie employment data be good news today too?
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Are You Too Confident For Your Company’s Good?
Professor Karen Jehn from Melbourne Business School says overconfident people can create rifts in workgroups that, without them, would effectively work together on common goals.
