Pacific Perspectives

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Australian shares are set to fall at the open, tracking widening losses in New York after oil briefly surged above $US85 a barrel, stoking inflation worries and pushing US Treasury yields higher as the war…

Weight-loss patients may soon have access to more GLP-1 treatments as Eli Lilly confirmed the local regulator was evaluating its new oral obesity drug, orforglipron, which a recent study showed was more effective than the…

As the conflict in the Middle East rages on and investors wait for the next catalyst to set in motion either a dramatic rebound in the sharemarket or a prolonged period of volatility, strategists are…

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s recent $30 billion investment in OpenAI “might be the last time” it invests in the artificial intelligence startup before it could go public toward the end of the year. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/nvidia-huang-openai-investment.html

Investors may have hit the panic button on Wednesday on fears of an extended conflict in Iran, but strategists are still expecting equity markets, which have until recently been trading at or near record levels,…

Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon said he was surprised that global markets did not react more violently to the wave of missile strikes between the United States, Israel and Iran given the growing likelihood…

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says he has sold an investment that makes money when the Australian sharemarket falls, netting a modest profit, after Treasurer Jim Chalmers attacked him in parliament for talking down the economy.…

One significant trend has emerged this year: The biggest winners this year are abroad. Emerging markets stocks represented by the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) are higher by more than 7% this year, while all non-U.S.…