In the coming week, there are a number of key economic indicators and events to focus on. The payroll jobs & wages data, business and consumer confidence surveys and lending figures are the highlights.

The Treasurer wants bankers to lean in to help the recovery but maybe his language might need to be more forceful to help our recovery from the Coronavirus mess.

A litany of mistakes, poor decisions and underperformance over the last three decades made AMP an absolute dog of a company that more than likely will be up for sale. So what will be sold and at what price?

Why did the economy contract by so much? What’s the outlook ahead like? Will interest rates be cut.

According to Propel Funeral Parlours (PFP), social distancing and masks mean influenza death rates have plummeted by as much as 95%, while vehicle fatalities are down too.

Today’s recession number could determine how much pressure the Morrison Government has to put on lenders to stop them acting like (to be frank) bastard banks!

I have three core investment beliefs that were tested recently with the Coronavirus and, as usual, they came up trumps — no pun intended!

Manuel once described Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers fame as “crazy” but is this the crazy, faulty recession we had to have?

To save our economy from a worse-than-expected recession, business wants tax cuts asap. But maybe we also need small businesses to be paid on time and less fighting with China?

Buy now, pay later tech company, Zip Co, stole the show last Wednesday, rising 27%. What’s the story behind these buy now, pay later companies and this relatively new kid on the block?

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My case that we will avoid a crash depends on two ‘V’s.