Domestic AGMs, multi-national earnings to provide economic insights

Domestic AGMs, multi-national earnings to provide economic insights
Jenny Ruth
Annual meetings will dominate the domestic corporate news flow this week and corporate earnings reports from some global household names will provide an insight into how the world economy is faring. “We will get more pieces of the puzzle that will add to the economic backdrop,” says Mark Lister, head of wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners. “Those big global multinationals, such as 3M, Caterpillar and Amazon, will give us a really up-to-the-minute finger on the pulse read of where the global economy is at,” he says. Other mult...

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