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Prediction markets prepare to invade one of crypto’s biggest and riskiest trades
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/prediction-markets-prepare-to-invade-one-of-cryptos-biggest-and-riskiest-trades.html
The AI trade is back and providing a boon for uranium stocks
As the Iran conflict drags into its ninth week, war-weary investors are piling back into the artificial intelligence trade with a vengeance that is providing a boon for ASX-listed uranium stocks. Paladin, Bannerman, and Silex Systems have…
Amazon rides data centre boom to nearly $12b in local revenue
The global tsunami of investment in artificial intelligence powered Amazon to almost $12 billion in revenue in Australia last year, as the e-commerce, cloud computing and streaming juggernaut cashed in on a huge surge in…
ASX to fall
Australian shares are poised to drop at the open. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reset their record highs, setting the stage for a busy week of quarterly results, particularly from US megacap tech.…
Investors usually ‘sell in May and go away.’ Why that may not work this year
“Sell in May and go away?” Some market participants say it could be better to wait and see this year. The old stock market adage speaks to the phenomenon in which the May-through-October stretch has…
Wall Street is getting bullish on neoclouds. These stocks hold more risk than other AI plays
There’s a lot of market buzz on the emerging crop of companies known as neoclouds, but these stocks are not for the faint of heart. Neoclouds are building AI-dedicated computing infrastructure and represent the risky…
America is in a staggering profit boom. Australia is nowhere
It is no surprise that Wall Street’s stunning rebound over the past three weeks – the S&P 500 index is now up 12.5 per cent from its Iran war low on March 30 – has…
The explosive Triple Zero survey infuriating Australia’s telcos
Australia’s telco regulator has demanded to see the entire dataset, questions, panel details and responses behind an explosive consumer survey that found one in 10 Australians has been unable to connect to Triple Zero over…
Hunting for yields: Fundies pick their top ASX dividend stocks
Investors hunting for strong dividend yields as a haven from the market volatility triggered by the Middle East conflict and rising interest rates have plenty of options on the ASX, according to analysts, including car…
Stock futures fall as Iran peace talks stall, oil rises: Live updates
Stock futures fell in overnight trading Sunday as stalled Iran peace talks and a fresh escalation in the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher, keeping geopolitical tensions front and center heading into a pivotal…