Australia had its own mini version of Facebook last week with building products group Boral falling 41% to hit a 17-month low.

"It takes roughly 900-1000 years for the Hunga volcano to fill up with magma, which cools and starts to crystallize, producing large amounts of gas pressure inside the magma"

Most analysts believe that there is going to be a lot of scary ups and downs from here and any recovery day like Friday could be just that, a short-term relief

Few know that the first draft of the Constitution of India was prepared by Sir B N Rau in October 1947.

However, Gold gained for a second consecutive week as rising inflation and geopolitical risks lifted its safe-haven appeal.

With interest rates hikes expected soon we expect many sectors to continue to struggle in the near future, with more pains for holders of Buy Now Pay Later stocks.

The endorsement of the anti- Israel boycott by the internationally-proscribed terrorist group Hamas highlights the sinister nature of the BDS campaign.

There is a concern that national spending in Australia has declined to lockdown levels with people in Sydney and Melbourne dragging the national spending as surging coronavirus cases keep them from going out.

Moving ahead there are a few releases to watch out for in the lead up to Christmas with the Reserve Bank Board minutes to be released on Tuesday, weekly payroll jobs and wages on Wednesday and private sector credit on Thursday.

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