Pacific Perspectives
The market playbooks are being rewritten after just three months
We’re in uncharted waters and people are listening to the captain to differing degrees, but there is a truckload of money to be made somewhere. Welcome to the markets in 2025. Chuck out the three-month-old…
ASX to slump 1.1pc as traders fear Trump’s trade tariff black box
The Australian sharemarket will slide more than 1 per cent when it opens on Monday as investors brace for the Trump administration to outline an aggressive tariff plan that will cloud an already uncertain economic…
ASX to fall 1.1pc; Todd Sampson steps back from Qantas
The Australian sharemarket is set to tumble more than 1 per cent on Monday as investors consider whether the heaviest round of tariffs yet from the US this week could trigger an economic downturn. ASX…
Wall Street can’t decide if the extreme pessimism in markets is warranted or an overreaction
One person’s pessimism is another’s pragmatism. As a tough first quarter skids to a close, a crucial market debate is whether the recent mass outbreak of gloom is an overreaction to ambiguous economic and market…
Nvidia to anchor CoreWeave IPO at $40 a share, source says
Nvidia is aiming to anchor CoreWeave’s initial public offering at $40 a share with a $250 million order, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company initially filed the offering at $47 to $55 per…
Santos Barossa delay feared as politics envelops gas
The gas industry fears Labor’s deferral of a decision on extending the North West Shelf gas plant until after the federal election could have a chilling effect on key approvals for other major projects, including…
You can already buy shares in unlisted Airwallex. Is Canva next?
As if the revolution in private markets wasn’t enough, welcome to the world of the “private-public” stock market. For a little under $8000 a trade, investors can buy and sell some of the world’s hottest…
ASX to open lower, Wall St churns; gold surges to fresh record
Australian shares are set to open lower as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade policy continues to cloud the economic outlook. ASX 200 futures were pointing down 8 points, or by 0.1 per cent, predicting the…
Dow posts back-to-back losses Thursday as Trump’s auto tariffs weigh on stocks: Live updates
Stocks fell on Thursday as investors weighed the latest tariff-related news from President Donald Trump, including his new tariffs aimed at foreign automakers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 155.09 points, or 0.37%, to end at 42,299.70.…
Trump says tariffs coming in April will ‘probably be more lenient than reciprocal’
“I’ll probably be more lenient than reciprocal, because if I was reciprocal, that would be very tough for people,” Trump said in an interview.“I know there are some exceptions, and it’s an ongoing discussion, but…