Fortescue Metals Group, BHP and Rio Tinto are amongst the biggest trades for investors this week.

Dicker Data is a classic example of a founder-led company that has broken all the corporate ‘rules’.

The Simpson’s character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is remotely related to the success of a local Aussie firm because the cartoon-friendly shopkeeper was famous for saying: “Please come again.”

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce thinks we will be flying internationally by December. Will his plan come to fruition?

The august body, the OECD, is telling us we deserve income tax cuts. But what the tax lord giveth, the tax lord taketh away.

Allowing workers to be jabbed in the workplace reminds me of the Neil Young song: “I see the needle and the damage done” but with a twist. This action could save lives, businesses and jobs!

Here’s a look back at the week that was as well as the economic and market news to watch out for over the next week and beyond.

What’s good for the part is definitely good for the whole, with five million Australians about to pocket the biggest pension increases in seven years.

Global shares were mixed over the last week. US shares fell -1.7% and European shares lost -0.8% on concerns about the growth outlook and central banks reducing stimulus.

I’d like to suggest it’s high time we showed a bit of national pride in one of the world’s best-performing companies: Macquarie Group.

I’ll be a buyer, even if this current US stock market sell-off gets scary! But why is the market vulnerable now?

Westpac was a strong buy yesterday along with the other major banks, while Fortescue remains the most bought stock of the week.