It was a big week of news from company reports. Summaries for your equity investments are provided.

As Australia's reporting season gets underway, we look at the US Company Profit Reporting season - and any read-throughs for Australia.

The expression Dr Copper refers to using the copper price as an indicator of the world's economic growth. But the use of the copper price is not perfect, read why.

We analyse the remarkable performance of Afterpay and explain it's not for our clients.

Share buybacks are being conducted on a quite unprecedented scale on the Australian market, as well as bourses overseas (the US is of note). This week IM looks at share buybacks in the context of your investments.