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Fed holds rates steady despite concerns over inflation
29 Oct 2026
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep benchmark interest rates on hold, opting to take a patient approach in its fight against inflation despite mounting evidence that price pressures are proving more nettlesome than policymakers…
Read moreASX to lift after Fed rates call
29 Oct 2026
Australian shares are set to tick higher after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. S&P/ASX 200 futures were up 22 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 8882 near 6am (AEDT). Fed chairman Kevin…
Read moreBack-to-back rate rises on the cards after hot inflation print
Bond traders are looking beyond next week’s Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting and ramping up bets that a cash rate above 5 per cent could well become a reality following a red-hot inflation report…
$6.8trn fund giant says AI memory stocks are on cusp of a rebound
JPMorgan Asset Management’s global head of equities, Paul Quinsee, says semiconductor memory stocks may be on the cusp of a strong rebound after investors dumped the shares in the past few months over fears about…
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Alphabet, Microsoft, Chipotle, ServiceNow, Fortinet & more
Here are some of the companies making headlines in extended trading. Maplebear — The company that owns Instacart gained 3% after sources familiar with the matter told CNBC that DoorDash’s deal to buy the delivery…
Nvidia, AMD to invest $4 billion in Meta as tech giants deepen AI partnership
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have said they will invest a total of $4 billion in Meta after the social media and artificial intelligence giant announced plans to raise $95 billion to support its investments in…
Victoria ranked the worst state to do business for third year running
Premier Ben Carroll and Opposition leader Jess Wilson faced off against each other with direct pitches to business about how to repair plunging confidence in Victoria, as the key industry lobby group once again ranked…
ASX to open slightly higher
Australian shares are set to open slightly higher, as traders await the release of quarterly inflation data that will be pivotal in determining whether the Reserve Bank is forced to raise the cash rate to…
Aussie dollar short bets hit record, but it’s not from the hedge funds
A high-stakes clash is brewing over the outlook for the Australian dollar as fund managers build a record bet against the currency over souring AI sentiment, locking horns with hedge funds that still expect the…
Margin debt growth slows sharply as stock market warning signs build
The pace at which investors are borrowing money to invest in stocks has cooled substantially, raising concern that the stock market may be due for a fall. Recent FINRA data shows the annual growth in…
Prediction market traders say an Anthropic IPO is near-certain this year after company filed with SEC
Anthropic on Monday unveiled its Form S-1 filing, taking the company one step closer to completing its long-awaited move to the public markets, which is now seen as almost guaranteed to come this year. Speculators…
Here’s how investors are hedging the US midterm elections
With just over a week to go before the US midterms, investors have started to hoard cash and buy insurance to hedge against a sharp sell-off on Wall Street if the Democrats take control of…