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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: ServiceTitan, Mission Produce, Chime Financial and more

9 Sep 2026

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. ServiceTitan — The software provider’s stock tumbled 19% after posting current-quarter revenue guidance that came in slightly below analyst forecasts. However, ServiceTitan surpassed Wall Street consensus estimates…

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Pacific Perspectives

The most active managers in almost a decade are trailing the ASX

9 Sep 2026

Australian active managers have had a horror run this year, wrong-footed by a relentless rally in the ASX’s biggest companies that has left the industry on track to record its highest rate of underperformance in…

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Pacific Perspectives 4 Aug 2025

Stock futures were little changed amid uncertainty over economy and tariffs: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed Sunday night, with investors once again on edge as the Trump administration’s new round of tariffs heightened worries about rising inflation and an economic slowdown. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures hovered…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Aug 2025

Amazon’s cloud business records 18% growth in second quarter

Amazon’s cloud group grew recorded revenue growth of 18% in the second quarter, slightly ahead of analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud infrastructure market, but is facing intensifying pressure from Microsoft and Google, as all…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Aug 2025

Meta and Microsoft pop as investors double down on AI hopes

Mark Zuckerberg is talking up artificial superintelligence, and investors are loving it. According to one of Wall Street’s most influential analysts, the quarterly earnings calls of Meta and Microsoft will go down in history as…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Aug 2025

Aussie dollar tumbles as the Fed and RBA diverge on rates

It’s been a tough month for the Australian dollar after the US Federal Reserve dampening hopes for interest rate cuts and a string of hurried trade deals kept financial markets on edge. The currency dropped…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Aug 2025

ASX to fall; RedMed beats in 4Q, Downer secures $200m Defence deal

Australian shares are set to open down as a raft of tariff statements and letters from US President Donald Trump extend his chaotic trade policy shift. Trump granted a 90-day reprieve to Mexico, America’s largest…

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Pacific Perspectives 1 Aug 2025

S&P 500 futures are little changed as traders await big jobs report: Live updates

S&P 500 futures were little changed on Thursday night as traders digested the latest Big Tech earnings and awaited July’s jobs report. Futures tied to the broad market index were down 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.2%. Futures…

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Pacific Perspectives 31 Jul 2025

U.S. economy grew at a 3% rate in Q2, a better-than-expected pace even as Trump’s tariffs hit

The U.S. economy grew at a much stronger-than-expected pace in the second quarter, powered by a turnaround in the trade balance and renewed consumer strength, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Gross domestic product, a sum…

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Pacific Perspectives 31 Jul 2025

Meet the tiny Aussie fund swept up in Wall St’s meme stock frenzy

Savana Asset Management turned a 64 per cent loss into profit in a matter of days as one of its riskiest stock picks was targeted by social media traders. When Samuel Atkinson woke up last…

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Pacific Perspectives 31 Jul 2025

Three RBA rate cuts priced by year-end as inflation slows

Money markets have regained confidence that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the cash rate three more times this year after a favourable inflation print, which fund managers say will lure more foreign money…

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Pacific Perspectives 31 Jul 2025

ASX to slip as Fed disappoints; Microsoft, Meta jump

Australian shares are poised to fall. US equities tumbled sharply after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signalled he’s unconvinced of a pressing need to cut rates. The S&P 500, coming off its best streak of…

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