Pacific Perspectives
Investing experts: Why ‘just buy the market’ doesn’t necessarily apply to bonds
Young and inexperienced investors often find themselves receiving some version of the same advice: just buy the market. Indeed, market luminaries from Warren Buffett on down advise that young people looking to accumulate long-term wealth should own low-cost…
Santos slams Australian gas mandate, warns of supply crunch
antos has slammed the federal government’s domestic gas reservation scheme, warning it will create energy shortages and drive up prices for electricity generators, manufacturers, and data centres. Australia’s second-largest oil and gas producer, which stands…
AustralianSuper defies private credit fear, plans fivefold asset lift
ustralianSuper will double its exposure to private credit to near $20 billion within four years and more than double it again in the long term, as the country’s largest retirement investment fund becomes increasingly bullish…
ASX to rise, S&P 500 lifts on tech
Australian shares are poised to open higher, tracking a broad advance on Wall Street even as oil topped $US91 a barrel, its highest since early June, amid renewed US-Iran hostilities. ASX 200 futures were up…
Stock futures are little changed as investors gear up for more earnings: Live updates
Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Tuesday as investors looked ahead to another busy day of corporate earnings, with several major technology and industrial companies set to report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones…
Jim Cramer says it’s time to look beyond tech as AI uncertainty rattles the market
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that the artificial intelligence trade has become too noisy and unpredictable to aggressively put new money to work — at least for now. “If you own too much tech, you’re going to…
Australia’s top-performing equity fund just returned 166pc in FY26
A little-known money manager operating out of the NSW coastal town of Kingscliff has been crowned Australia’s top equity fund after more than doubling investors’ money in the 2026 financial year, thanks to early investments…
Top super funds made double-digit returns. Is yours among them?
Tech shares led Australian super funds to their fourth straight year of returns above 9 per cent, with the average fund returning 9.5 per cent over the past 12 months and a cumulative four-year return…
ASX to fall, Iren surges 20pc
Australian shares are set to open lower, tracking broad weakness on Wall Street where all three major benchmarks closed down as oil rose amid persistent US-Iran tensions. ASX 200 futures were down 36 points or…
S&P 500 futures slip as traders shift focus to earnings amid Middle East tensions: Live updates
S&P 500 futures ticked down Monday evening after higher oil prices weighed on the major indexes. Investors also looked ahead to the week in corporate earnings. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 7…